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After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

A hauntingly fragile presence radiates from the center of this slow-burn psychological nightmare. As repressed desires trigger a terrifying physical transformation, the screen pulses with a heavy, suffocating sense of inevitable danger.

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