Dogman
Overview
Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is a quiet and unassuming dog groomer, living in an impoverished suburb in Italy. His side business is selling cocaine so he can afford to go on holidays with his daughter Alida (Alida Baldari Calabria), but this secret comes with certain dangers. Enter Marcello's violent and menacing client Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce) who intimidates Marcello until he joins him in a robbery, as the getaway driver. But Marcello still wants to be friends with Simone despite it all, a desire that could cost him more than he could imagine. Directed by Matteo Garrone.
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Details
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 876964016711
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: July 2019
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[I]ntense...one that will have audiences gripping their armrests with its frighteningly real portrayal of a good man tempted by the devil." - 05/17/2018 Hollywood Reporter
"DOGMAN seems like a cousin to GOMORRAH or maybe an anecdotal offshoot of it. This one, too, is about the interface of civility and savagery." - 05/18/2018 Variety
3 stars out of 4 -- "Fonte’s performance gives Marcello’s story a layered sense of empathy. We get a sense of why he’s doing what he’s doing, without the character ever stating it." - 04/12/2019 RogerEbert.com
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Fonte is] an actor who can make Marcello seem like a pitiful beta-male grotesque one second and a noble, sympathetic hero the next...he’s the thrumming motor behind this fairy tale of dogs and monsters." - 04/13/2019 Rolling Stone
"[T]he film mostly works as a cautionary tale about the dangers of misplaced loyalty and the limits of being the bigger man..." - 04/12/2019 A.V. Club
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