DOGMAN

With friends like these, who needs enemies? Every day Marcello tames the most aggressive dogs, but there’s no controlling his friend Simone. The owner of a dog salon is constantly being humiliated, abused and used by the psychotic gangster. The wispy Marcello puts up with all of this out of a mixture of fear, gullibility and exaggerated loyalty. But will there come a point where he will strike back? In front of the spectacular backdrop of a Brutalist suburb on the Italian south coast, Matteo Garrone (GOMORRAH) honors the great tradition of Italian neo-realism. For his portrayal of Marcello the actor Marcello Fonte won the acting award at Cannes – and deservedly so.