Douglas Munrow upsets his bully father who throws him to the dogs as punishment. But he befriends the dogs and they stay with him throughout his tempestuous life.
There's so much to say about this film. Part of it is down to the mind of Besson who never fails to bring a quality produced film with a -sometimes- slightly bizarre theme.
Caleb Landry Jones is superb as Douglas. His performance alone is so mesmerising you could easily forget what the plot of the film is. The plot is basically man's inhumanity to man, contrasting to dog's devotion to man. Which are the purer animals? The ones full of hate and violence? Or the ones full of love and friendliness?
The story is told mainly by dialogue between Douglas and his assigned psychiatrist Evelyn, played admirably by JoJo T Gibbs. And also flashbacks which fill in the gaps for us. However the timeline never seems forced, or interrupted. It flows like a great story should giving us exactly what we need to know and only when we need it.
Their narrative explores some of the issues about right and wrong, self justification, hiding from who you really are and being exactly as you want to be.
It corners on how pain from other humans can cause us to change and be different to how we should be. Yet a dog or an innocent child can bring us back from the brink.
Very much enjoyed this film, Landry Jones blew me away, that's the best I've ever seen him. And with Besson behind the scenes production is fabulous in all ways.
I give it a rock solid 7.
There's so much to say about this film. Part of it is down to the mind of Besson who never fails to bring a quality produced film with a -sometimes- slightly bizarre theme.
Caleb Landry Jones is superb as Douglas. His performance alone is so mesmerising you could easily forget what the plot of the film is. The plot is basically man's inhumanity to man, contrasting to dog's devotion to man. Which are the purer animals? The ones full of hate and violence? Or the ones full of love and friendliness?
The story is told mainly by dialogue between Douglas and his assigned psychiatrist Evelyn, played admirably by JoJo T Gibbs. And also flashbacks which fill in the gaps for us. However the timeline never seems forced, or interrupted. It flows like a great story should giving us exactly what we need to know and only when we need it.
Their narrative explores some of the issues about right and wrong, self justification, hiding from who you really are and being exactly as you want to be.
It corners on how pain from other humans can cause us to change and be different to how we should be. Yet a dog or an innocent child can bring us back from the brink.
Very much enjoyed this film, Landry Jones blew me away, that's the best I've ever seen him. And with Besson behind the scenes production is fabulous in all ways.
I give it a rock solid 7.