Puppy (2005 film)

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Puppy
Directed byKieran Galvin
Written byKieran Galvin
Produced byMelissa Beauford
StarringNadia Townsend
Bernard Curry
Sally Bull
Terence Donovan
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Puppy is an independent Australian feature film starring Nadia Townsend, Bernard Curry, Sally Bull, and Terence Donovan. The film was written and directed by Irish-born, Australian Kieran Galvin, who also directed the short films The Burning Boy, Mono-Winged Angel, Contact and Other People. He also wrote the exploitational thriller Feed (directed by Brett Leonard). Both Puppy and Feed were produced by Melissa Beauford.

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Attempting suicide, sultry but down-on-her-luck swindler Liz (Nadia Townsend) is rescued by lonely tow truck driver Aiden (Bernard Curry). But instead of rushing her to the hospital, Liz's savior abducts her to his remote farmhouse, convinced that she is the wife who abandoned him years earlier. Cut off from civilization, kept prisoner and guarded day and night by vicious attack dogs, Liz realizes she must rely on her skills as a con artist to talk her way out of this hostage situation.

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