Caini (Dogs)
Category
COMPLETED FILMS, Feature film
Date
November 18, 2016
About
Year of production: 2016
Category: fiction film
Length: 104 minutes
Director and writer: Bogdan Mirica
Cast: Dragos Bucur, Ghorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov
Production: EZ films (France), 42 km film (Romania) and Argo Film (Bulgaria)
Producers: Elie Meirovitz and Marcela Ursu
Co-producers: Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova
Supported by: Eurimages, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma – France, Centrului Național al Cinematografiei – Romania, Bulgarian National Film Center, Doha Film Institute – Qatar, Groupama Asigurari SA – Romania
With the participation of: Canal+, L’Aide au Cinémas du Monde – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et du Développement International – Institut Français, HBO Romania
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
2016: FIPRESCI award “Un Certain Regard”, Cannes film festival (France)
2016: Transylvania Trophy, Transilvanis film festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2016: Special Jury Mention, Best Male Actor – Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Hertzegovina)
2016: Best Cinematography, Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden)
2016: Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (Portugal)
2016: European Film Awards (Poland)
LOGLINE
Roman, a young man from Bucharest, comes to the countryside near the border with Ukraine with the firm intention to sell the vast but desolate land he inherited from his grandfather. He is warned by old man Hogas, the local cop, that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his “boys”, led by the charismatic and cruel Samir, will not let go of the land – and their smuggling business – without a fight. Roman doesn’t give up and the three men clash in a triangle of violence.
