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Spanish | El perro que no calla |
Directed by | Ana Katz |
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Edited by | Andrés Tambornino |
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Distributed by | Luxbox |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (Spanish : El perro que no calla) is a 2021 Argentine absurdist drama film directed by Ana Katz and written by Gonzalo Delgado with Katz. The film stars Daniel Katz, Julieta Zylberberg, Valeria Lois, Mirella Pascual and Carlos Portaluppi. [2]
The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021. [1]
Sebas, an illustrator approaching middle age, experiences a number of bittersweet life changes inspired by absurd events, including a silent dog inexplicably judged by neighbors and co-workers to be deafening, and the arrival of a meteor that permanently poisons all of Earth's atmosphere above four feet off the ground.
The cast include: [3]
The film had its premiere in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021 in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section. [4]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 29 critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 29 as positive and 0 as negative for a 100% rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 7.3 out of 10. [5]
It won the VPRO Big Screen Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam, [6] and the Havana Star Prize for Best Screenplay at the 21st Havana Film Festival New York. [7]