THE DOGS

LOS PERROS

By Marcela SAID

REI CINE - as PROD

Historical - Completed 2017

Mariana (40) is a Chilean upper-class woman in the role her father and husband have created for her. She finds solace in the arms of the most disreputable character: Juan (65), a riding instructor and a coronel with a shady past.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes Film Festival 2017
Critics' Week
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Historical, Drama
    • Countries
    • CHILE, FRANCE, ARGENTINA, GERMANY, PORTUGAL
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-CHILEAN
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marcela SAID
    • Writer(s)
    • Marcela SAID
    • Producer(s)
    • Augusto MATTE, Sophie ERBS, Tom DERCOURT
    • Synopsis
    • Mariana is 42 years old, a member of the Chilean upper class that takes privilege for granted. Scorned by her father and neglected by her husband, Mariana still has the means to occupy her days with fertility treatments, running an art gallery and learning to ride a horse. Her riding instructor, Juan, is 20 years her senior, a former cavalry officer known as The Colonel who is under investigation for human rights abuses committed decades before. When Mariana embarks on an affair with her enigmatic teacher, she's directly confronted with the outrages of the dictatorship for the first time and her increasing interest threatens to tear down the invisible walls protecting her family from the past.