The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

A British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters. While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.

Genres
Horror, Drama
Director
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

Casting

Interesting facts

The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands is an upcoming Gothic horror film directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, co-written with Sjón. It stars Alexander Skarsgård, Darla Contois, Lily LaTorre, Bronte Carmichael, Forrest Goodluck, and Pernilla August.

Production

The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands is the sophomore feature from Swedish-Costa Rican director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, following her debut Clara Sola which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. The film marks Skarsgård's return to Scandinavian cinema after more than a decade.

The screenplay was co-written by Álvarez Mesén and Sjón, who previously collaborated with Skarsgård on The Northman and wrote Lamb. Álvarez Mesén described the film as deepening her “signature blend of intimate character work and magic realism, expanding it into a darker, more haunting period world”.

Principal photography took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The film is a co-production between HOBAB, Resolve Media, Quiddity, Need Productions, Still Vivid, Film i Väst, SVT, VOO, OBE & Be tv, Proximus, Shelter Prod, and Tint, in association with Finite Films, Northern Ireland Screen, and the UK Global Screen Fund. It received support from Eurimages, Creative Europe, and the Swedish Film Institute.

As of December 2025, the film was in post-production.

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