CANINE

Alan and Ella live with their dog in an apartment in London. On a morning like any other, Ella leaves for a work trip while Alan remains in the city. That evening, when he returns home, Alan discovers that there is no trace of their dog in the apartment. Day after day, alone and increasingly distressed, Alan continues to search for him.

“Our world is 'monitored.' Closed circuit cameras populate our cities. People install them in their own homes. On buses, in cars, in offices. They can be used in many ways: in theory they represent reality, our desire to control it. But who looks behind the cameras? What are we truly searching for with this surveillance? And what disturbs us more: to look or to be looked at? In Canine, I wanted to parse these questions in an intimate story. It starts with a young couple – him and her – and their dog. They live in a comfortable apartment in London, in shades of green and blue. It is the story of loss, of abandonment. It is also the story of the mind of a man who is trying to give meaning to this loss.”

DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Lorenzo Mandelli. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Carlos Feher. FILM EDITING: Arturo Bandinelli. PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN: Flavia Serrão. MUSIC: Fëdor Shtern. SOUND: Matteo Di Cugno. CAST: George Fletcher, Laurie Ogden. PRODUCER: Lorenzo Mandelli.