The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (Spanish: El perro que no calla) is an 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]
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Spanish | El perro que no calla |
Directed by | Ana Katz |
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Edited by | Andrés Tambornino |
Production company | Laura Cine - Oh my Gómez! |
Distributed by | Luxbox |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
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]