Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog - 2017

The story of the dog from the title, who in a frame narrative explains how he came to be transformed from an unemployed communist filmmaker into a canine with a philosophical bent. Unable to finance his new project, young Berlin-based director Julian tells foreign exchange student Camille that his job in the countryside is research for an upcoming film. When Camille offers to help, he is forced to uphold the lie. The plantation isn’t the proletarian idyll he had hoped for, but fortunately the reincarnation of Francis of Assisi provides spiritual insight and a new aim in life.

99min
2017
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Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.7/10

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The story of the dog from the title, who in a frame narrative explains how he came to be transformed from an unemployed communist filmmaker into a canine with a philosophical bent. Unable to finance his new project, young Berlin-based director Julian tells foreign exchange student Camille that his job in the countryside is research for an upcoming film. When Camille offers to help, he is forced to uphold the lie. The plantation isn’t the proletarian idyll he had hoped for, but fortunately the reincarnation of Francis of Assisi provides spiritual insight and a new aim in life.

Age Rating: 0
Runtime: 99min

Extra details

Original Title: Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes
Original Language: German
Directed By: Julian Radlmaier
Production Companies
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)Faktura FilmnordmediaRBB