简介：Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan ethical millennial neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme his introspection spills out onto his film work with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust purpose and roots while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly in the meantime has a lot on her paws with these two! Part rom-com part rescue-dog story part autofiction part self-indictment part family scrapbook this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of often hilarious emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so capture nothing less than what it means to be human.
Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan ethical millennial neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme his introspection spills out onto his film work with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust purpose and roots while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly in the meantime has a lot on her paws with these two! Part rom-com part rescue-dog story part autofiction part self-indictment part family scrapbook this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of often hilarious emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so capture nothing less than what it means to be human.展开