Dogman

The latest from Matteo Garrone (“Gomorrah,” “Reality”), “Dogman” tells the story of Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a small and gentle dog groomer, who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. “Dogman” — which premiered at Cannes, where Fonte was named Best Actor and the canine cast received a playful Palm Dog — serves as Italy’s Oscar® submission for Best Foreign Language Film. Time Out London writes: “With ‘Gomorrah,’ his seedy, hyperkinetic delve into Naples’ criminal underbelly, Matteo Garrone vividly mapped out a whole ecosystem of organised crime, populating it with sharply drawn characters and bursts of vicious violence. In ‘Dogman,’ his latest odyssey through Italy’s hardscrabble fringes, the crime is of a more disorganised, spontaneous variety, but the gritty world-building is just as impressive — and this time the focus is tighter and more claustrophobic…. The overall feel is of the kind of Aesop’s fable Scorsese would tell his kids.”
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