Visage de chien

1985 1h 12m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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In this low-budget thriller from director Jacek Gasiorowski, a young son slowly becomes aware of a sleazy underworld inhabited by the oddballs and dangerous men that his father must deal with in order to collect the money he needs to pay off a drug debt. Denis (Hugues Quester is a designer who resorts to selling drugs to survive, but now his drug bosses give him the length of one day to come up with the money he owes them, or else. His son Pierrot (Pierre Champenois) goes along with him, as the two frantically move from one end of town to the other, trying to collect from a wide variety of people: a Vietnamese heroin addict, a dealer and musician, and others on the fringe. In the meantime, Denis' period of grace is quickly running out, and young Pierrot has received a crash-course on the lower rungs of humanity.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hugues Quester
Denis
Thuy An Luu
Sonia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jacek Gąsiorowski
Languages: French

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Hugues Quester and Thuy An Luu carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0188275 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jacek Gąsiorowski directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Hugues Quester and Thuy An Luu carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0188275 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.