Melnais Suns / Чёрный Пёс / Black Dog

Black Dog

China, 2024, 106 min.

Director: Guan Hu

Starring: Eddie Peng, Ching Leng, Tong Lia, Jia Zhangke .

This movie is not to be missed. Not only because this visually impressive Chinese film noir earned the highest praise from film critics and received the "Special Look" Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, but the main actor - a dog named Xin - received the prestigious "Palm Dog" award.

Anyone who has ever loved a dog knows that a dog changes lives.

You don't always get the dog you want, but you get the dog you need.

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Gobi - a desert plagued by evil demons and hot winds. Endless plains overgrown with saxaul are replaced by rocky mountains below that stretch to the horizon. The sun mercilessly burns everything around, even the sky has faded like old jeans.

Here, in this place, on the border between the mystical desert and the promised life, the hero of the film returns, let's call him Lang.

During the boy's enforced absence, the densely populated area has turned into a wind-swept ghost town of sand. Along empty streets, abandoned buildings and labyrinths of ruins, half-feral packs of dogs left by the previous inhabitants roam.

They are everywhere as far as the eye can reach, like silent, menacing guards - dogs have taken over the city and will terrorize the few remaining ones residents.

In order to restore the area to a habitable state and catch all the unregistered animals, a special unit is sent from Beijing, and Lang is forced to join it.

It wasn't that he didn't try to find a decent job, but all his attempts to fit into normal life ended in failure - scandals, threats and even violence. The demons of the past besieged him from all sides, and in order to get out of this vicious circle, he decided to join the patrol of "cleaners". - the leader of the gang, the desperate black dog.

When a man is in trouble, God gives him a dog!

It was love at first bite, because the unruly dog ​​turned out to be a much more cunning opponent.

Yes, that's how their acquaintance began, further creating a series of catastrophic and comical situations with unexpected twists and an exciting journey that forever changed the fate of a man and his dog.

The visually exquisite film "The Black Dog " is endowed with an ambitious cinematographic vision that gives the intimate story an epic, allegorical sharpness.

A deeply inspiring and moving film that delights with precise editing, virtuoso narrative rhythm, the ability to convey the polyphony of life and the eternal balance between joy and danger lurking around every corner. A harmonious fusion of western, film noir and offbeat comedy with great acting!

Everyone has the dog they deserve!!!

None of the animals involved in the film's incredibly elaborate staged scenes were harmed .

Original language: Chinese

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