The Dog Pound

A quiet, sun-bleached drift through an off-season coastal town, where aimlessness and father-son friction simmer under a patient, observational gaze.

Directed by

Manolo Nieto

Genres

Drama

Starring

Pablo Riera, Martín Adjemián, Sergio Gorfain

Overview

David, has just failed his university examinations and has one year to re-write them. Ruben, his father, a pragmatic and successful businessman, has been paying for David's education, the pursuit of which he considers a waste of time. Ruben wants David to work and make himself useful and he strikes a deal with him: David can stay and study for his exams at Ruben's house in La Perrera, a coastal resort town, while he builds a house for himself. And so, a year-long adventure starts for David, an urban intellectual, in the isolated La Perrera and among its off-season residents who include nearly as many dogs as men, where the only women are either pregnant or prostitutes, and where no one wants to work and things are done out of friendship more than anything else.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, family, isolation, coming-of-age

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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