The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet

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The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet
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SpanishEl perro que no calla
Directed by Ana Katz
Written by
  • Ana Katz
  • Gonzalo Delgado
Produced by
  • Laura Huberman
  • Ana Katz
  • Ramiro Pavón
  • Pablo Ingercher
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAndrés Tambornino
Production
company
Distributed by Luxbox
Release date
Running time
73 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

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]

Contents

The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021. [1]

Premise

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.

Cast

The cast include: [3]

Release

The film had its premiere in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021 in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section. [4]

Reception

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]

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References

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  2. Hopewell, John (December 16, 2020). "Sundance Selected 'The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet' Acquired by Luxbox". Variety . Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet". Variety Insight . Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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