Dogman

Dogman

In the dark suburbs of an undefined Italian city, a humble poor devil who makes a living as a dog caretaker and seems to communicate with animals better than he does with humans, gets involved in a vicious circle of violence. The project kept in the drawer of Gomorra’s creator for more than 12 years is a relentless operatic work about the banality of evil and the inner conflict of a man that became a scapegoat and an offender, a martyr and a perpetrator.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Matteo Garrone
Script: Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso, Matteo Garrone
Cinematography: Nicolaj Brüel
Editing: Marco Spoletini
Sound: Maricetta Lombardo, Mirko Perri
Music: Michele Braga
Actors: Marcello Fonte, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Alida Baldari Calabria, Gianluca Gobbi
Production: Archimede, Rai Cinema
Producers: Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco
Co-production: Le Pacte
Art Direction: Dimitri Capuani
Costumes: Massimo Cantini Parrini
Executive producer: Alessio Lazzareschi
Camera: Eleonora Patriarca
Make Up: Dalia Colli
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Italy, France
Production Year: 2018
Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment, mpanteri@feelgoodentertainment.gr
Contact: RAI Com SPA, cristina.cavaliere@rai.it
Awards/Distinctions: Best Actor, Palm Dog – Cannes FF 2018 ICS Cannes Award – International Cinephile Society Awards 2018 Silver Ribbon – Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2018 Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award – Jerusalem FF 2018

Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theater critic and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d’Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with  Silhouette, a short film became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008), among many other awards. His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. The Nastro d’argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).

Filmography

1996 Land in Between
1998 Guests
2000 Estate romana
2004 Primo amore
2008 Gomorrah
2015 Tale of Tales
2017 Delightful (short)
2018 Dogman
2019 Pinocchio
2023 Io Capitano