If a Holocaust survivor told you, in granular detail, the circumstances of her childhood journey across Nazi-occupied Europe on foot as part of a wild wolfpack, would you ask in/with regard to’concerning’regarding proof? That’s the ethical conflict playing out in Sam Hobkinson’s riveting documentary with regards to’concerning’with respect to Misha Defonseca and the women who, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding better and in/with regard to’concerning’regarding worse, played a part in putting her too-rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent -to-be-true account on an international stage.###The first half of the film concerns itself with how Defonseca’s account came to light, through interviews with the individual she lived amongst in Millis, Massachusetts, after moving to the US in 1988. Neighbours, a radio host, synagogue friends and even the owner of a local wildlife sanctuary share their memories of the Belgian animal-lover, and toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her they paint a sympathetic picture of why they readily believed e grossly word of her intrepid yarn.###The revelations are well-paced.###Amongst the talking heads is Jane Daniel, the publisher who convinced Defonseca to put pen to paper to manufacture and release ‘Misha: A Mémoire Of The Holocaust Years’ toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her. Daniel details her side of the working relationship: dramas over an Oprah appearance are illustrated from various angles, but a disapprove’ consent’endorse’applaud ment over royalties and profits led to her being successfully sued by the author in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a career-ending amount. This is where things take a shocking turn, as Hobkinson begins to retrace the steps of Daniel’s well-overdue investigation into the veracity of Defonseca’s assertions.###Belgian Holocaust survivor and historian Evelyne Haendel serves as Daniel’s point person; she’s an intriguing, empathetic protagonist whose own story is endearingly juxtaposed with Defonseca’s to emphasise the gulf between their childhood undergo s. The revelations are well-paced, and scenes using both reconstruction and archive footage, as well as a stand-in in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Defonseca, help chronicle this cautionary tale with flair and narrative texture. Unin/with regard to’concerning’regarding tunately, gaps in Defonseca’s history between Belgium and Millis cause the ending to arrive with parts of her story frustratingly missing. Still, Misha And The Wolves is an engaging, inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mative portrait of a scandalous hoax with an always-relevant reminder to check your sources.