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Dogman
Italian director Matteo Garrone won numerous plaudits for his gripping 2008 crime thriller Gomorra. He returns to this fertile territory in Dogman, a slow-burning character study about an animal lover, who is bullied into betraying his friends and neighbours. Marcello (Marcello Fonte) runs a dog grooming business in Magliana on the outskirts on Rome and he deals cocaine on the side to earn extra money to treat his young daughter Alida (Alida Baldari Calabria). This small-scale life of crime introduces Marcello to local thug Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce), who steals from unsuspecting victims in the neighbourhood and sometimes involves Marcello for a small cut of the ill-gotten gains. Everyone in Magliana is terrified of Simoncino, including Marcello, whose shop is situated next door to a jewellery business run by Franco (Adamo Dionisi). Simoncino decides to rob this store by tunnelling through from Marcello's business. The thug forcibly persuades Marcello to give him his keys and once the police discover that the thieves gained access to the jewellers from the dog grooming salon, the finger of suspicion points uncomfortably at Marcello.
