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EL PERRO QUE NO CALLA
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El perro que no calla

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet
Ana Katz
Argentina 2020
73 min
OV w/ EN subtitles
V'21

In THE DOG WHO WOULDN’T BE QUIET director Ana Katz foretells the pandemic with great humor and also postulates that life will prevail after not too long. The fantastical twist of this comedy arrives in the final act and everything has already occurred without our even noticing when it eventually does so.
Sebastian, a typical middle-class young Argentinian man, loses his job as a designer in a company because of his love for his dog. Now he has to figure out how to make a living. Katz portrays the current lack of job security, the impoverishment of the Argentine middle class, possible alternative forms of economy, and the mysterious logic of affections that divides all relationships.
All of this is achieved in admirable fashion via framing, the use of narrative ellipses, always signposted by the changing haircuts of the main character, the insertion of two animated sequences, and a deep love for the characters, including the dogs. In the cinema of Katz, chance and absurdity are what give order to the world, but this philosophical intuition is not mined for anguish nor cynicism, but rather vitality and comedy. (Roger Koza)

Ana Katz: MERENGUE (1995, K), PANTERA (1998, K), MUSICAL CHAIRS (2002), A STRAY GIRLFRIEND (2007), THE MARZIANO FAMILY (2011), MY FRIEND FROM THE PARK (2015), AL BORDE (2016, TV), FLORIANÓPOLIS DREAM (2018)

Credits
  • Daniel Katz
  • Julieta Zylberberg
  • Carlos Portaluppi
  • Ana Katz
  • Gonzalo Delgado
  • Gustavo Biazzi
  • Guillermo Nieto
  • Marcelo Lavintman
  • Fer Blanc
  • Joaquin Neira
  • Jesica Suarez
  • Andres Tambornino
  • Nicolás Villamil
  • Mariela Rípodas
Laura Cine, Oh my Gomez

Luxbox

DCP
SW
Sat 23 Oct
23:30
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus
OV w/ EN subtitles
iCal
Sat 30 Oct
21:00
Metro, Historischer Saal
OV w/ EN subtitles
iCal
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