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Update · DOGMAN

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Opens Friday, April 12

DIRECTED BY MATTEO GARRONE

A brand new movie from the acclaimed director of GOMORRAH (2008), DOGMAN is ready in a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian metropolis, the place the one regulation appears to be survival of the fittest. Marcello (Marcello Fonte, in a Cannes Best Actor-winning efficiency) is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest canine grooming salon, caring for his daughter, and being coerced into petty legal schemes by the native bully Simoncino – an ex-boxer who terrorizes the neighborhood. Until Simoncino’s abuse lastly brings Marcello to a breaking level.

ITALY / FRANCE 2018 102 MINS. IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES MAGNOLIA PICTURES

Reviews

“5 STARS! The Italian director nitpicks gangster insecurities with hilarious flair in this tale of a dog-groomer-cum-small time coke dealer. A compelling opera of beta-male criminal martyrdom, inspired by a true case. It’s a movie which returns this film-maker to the realist mob world of his 2008 film GOMORRAH, but which goes further than that picture in explaining the toxic emotional inadequacy of gangsterism – its brutality, its sycophancy, its pusillanimity, its craven addictions. A movie with incomparable bite and strength.”
– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)

“A frighteningly real portrayal of a good man tempted by the devil. A perfected version of Garrone’s THE EMBALMER, written in the form of his dark fables from TALE OF TALES. Superb performances by Marcello Fonte as a mild-mannered dog groomer and a crazed Edoardo Pesce as his fatal attraction poise the film midway between the realistic criminal world and a symbolic, universal dimension. Tense, tight and to the point, yet it finds room for a sardonic sense of humor.”
– Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter

“★★★★ Matteo ‘GOMORRAH’ Garrone’s intimate parable of a downtrodden dog groomer is a well-crafted gem…the kind of fable Scorsese would tell his kids. Newcomer [Marcello] Fonte is terrific in the lead role.”
– Phil de Semlyen, Time Out

“★★★★★ One of the best Italian films of recent times.”
– Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent (UK)