The film stars Molly Kunz as Alma, who returns to her late grandfather's cabin and finds herself taking care of a wolf pup and a lion cub who grow up together as brothers.

While Alma is off on a 2-day trip involving a classical music audition for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the wolf mother disappears.

During that time, she names the wolf pup Mozart and the lion cub "Dreamer" (in apparent reference to the Ozzy Osbourne song).

After Alma has an accident, her Native Canadian godfather Joe must notify the authorities to save her, despite the fact that this separates the trio.

The circus in question eventually passes by the wolf breeding facility, allowing Mozart to catch his foster brother's scent.

The movie ends with Alma performing an outdoor concert for the benefit of abused captive wild animals while Mozart and Dreamer play together in the nearby woods.

[4] The Wolf and the Lion premiered at the Zurich Film Festival on 25 September 2021,[1] and the wide release began on 13 October 2021.

[7][8] In his review for the Austin Chronicle, Richard Whittaker enjoyed the sweet return of the recently absent animal-adventure film genre, but he felt the production sent mixed messages about wild animal relationships amongst each other and with humans.

[9] For the Los Angeles Times, Kimber Myers called the film "laughably bad", and summed up the general sentiment writing, "The Wolf and the Lion does have impressive scenes of these two animals, first as aww-inducing babies and then as awe-inspiring adults, all shot in the impossibly beautiful Canadian forest.