Dogs (2016 film)
Dogs is a 2016 Romanian drama film directed by Bogdan Mirică. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It is Mirică's directorial debut.
The action takes place near Tulcea, in an area of the Danube sector of the Romania–Ukraine border, where groups of smugglers make the law. The city dweller Roman inherits of land from his recently deceased grandfather. His attempt at selling the property is disrupted by a group of thugs led by the smug, sinister Samir, throwing Roman into a violent arena with only a dilapidated shack as his fortress.
Cast
- Dragoș Bucur as Roman
- Gheorghe Visu as Hogaș
- Vlad Ivanov as Samir
- as Pila
- as Nea Epure
- Raluca Aprodu as Ilinca
- Cătălin Paraschiv as Agent Ana
- as Sebi Voicu
- Teodor Corban as the veterinarian
- Andrei Ciopec as Laie
- Ela Ionescu as Mara
- Marius Bardasan as Nea Toader
- Corneliu Cozmei as Nea Terente