Dogman

Marcello, a dog groomer with an affinity for the pets, takes the fall and does a year in jail for a robbery committed by a local drug-addicted thug.

A sordid story of struggle and survival set in a decaying beachside suburb somewhere. Intense one-on-one violence seems to take up half of the screen time and is wincingly difficult to watch. "Dogman" looks like it's intended to be a parable of some sort, it's just hard to say what of exactly, certainly something related to greed and decay. Keeps its tail between its legs.

MIFF 2018
102 mins