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Dog

2017 · 90 min

A quiet, offbeat slide into isolation that turns strangely tender, mixing deadpan absurdity with a low hum of melancholy.

Directed by: Samuel Benchetrit
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Vincent Macaigne, Vanessa Paradis, Bouli Lanners

Overview: Jacques Blanchot loses everything: his wife, his home, his job. He gradually alienates himself from the world around him. Until the day when the owner of a pet shop takes him in.

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Directed by: Samuel Benchetrit
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Vincent Macaigne, Vanessa Paradis, Bouli Lanners

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
grief
class
healing
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Samuel Benchetrit
Written by: Gábor Rassov, Samuel Benchetrit
Starring: Vincent Macaigne, Vanessa Paradis, Bouli Lanners, Olivier Bisback, Tom Canivet, Éric De Staercke, Anton Kouzemin
Music: Raphaël
Cinematography: Guillaume Deffontaines
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French

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