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Movie Info

With bills to pay and a daughter to support, Juan Villegas (Juan Villegas) is desperately in need of a job. Unfortunately, at age 52, and without any marketable skills, gainful employment seems unlikely. His luck changes when he helps a woman repair her car and she repays his kindness by giving him a pure-bred puppy. Convinced of his future in the competitive dog circuit, Villegas seeks out the help of dog trainer Walter Donado (Walter Donado) and the two take their fortunes on the road.

Rating:

NC-17
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Spanish
Director:

Carlos Sorin
Producer:

Óscar Kramer
Writer:

Santiago Calori, Salvador Roselli, Carlos Sorin
Release Date (Streaming):

May 23, 2006
Runtime:

1h 37m
Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Cast & Crew

Juan Villegas
Juan Villegas

Walter Donado
Walter Donado

Rosa Valsecchi
Susana

Pascual Condito
Pascual

Claudina Fazzini
Claudina

Rolando Zadra
Buselli

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Critic Reviews for El perro

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (2)

It's a bit of a shaggy dog story, with threads that go nowhere, but nobody's in a hurry, and it's easy to go along for the ride.

June 15, 2007 | Full Review…

Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
[Juan Villegas'] vulnerability is so unforced that you can't help being touched.

June 9, 2006 | Rating: 3/4

Kyle Smith
New York Post
How do you say 'shaggy-dog story' in Spanish?

June 6, 2006 | Full Review…

Jorge Morales
Village Voice
Sorin takes us off the beaten track, out of the cosmopolitan cities and into the rough, rural heart of Patagonia, lending authenticity to the fictional plot with his use of real locations and a non-professional cast.

April 1, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Empire Magazine
Though this slim but likeable tale is light on surprises, there's a terrific one in store when Bombon finally comes of age.

August 27, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Leyland
BBC.com
Grabs the warm humanist baton from Sorin's Minimal Stories and heads straight for an existential finish line.

August 26, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
Thanks in part to the impressively dignified performance of the non-professional Villegas and to some accomplished landscape cinematography, this serves as an amiable tribute to Patagonia itself and the resilience of its inhabitants.

April 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Dawson
The List
From the director of Historias Minimas comes another wonderfully modest and gentle film, this time about a man, a dog, trust and libido.

July 23, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Simon Weaving
Screenwize
...an optimistic road movie in the vast empty stretches of Patagonia, about a man and a dog. This is not so much acting skill as casting brilliance.

October 14, 2005 | Full Review…

Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
Just so much mileage can be squeezed from repeated gestures, wavy two-lane roads, shots through spattered windshields, and faces so framed as to be cut off above the hairline.

September 18, 2005 | Full Review…

Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Lightly done but with a depth worthy of drama.

August 27, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
A bittersweet tale of dreams dashed and kindness rewarded in dog-eat-dog Patagonia.

August 27, 2005 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette