Bombon

aka: El Perro
Argentina 2004, 97 minutes
Dir. Carlos Sorin
In Spanish with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Comedy, Drama / Road Movie

Feat. Juan Villegas

Aroview: A middle-aged man (Villegas), struggling to maintain his meager lifestyle working as a mechanic in remote Patagonia, and selling knives on the side, has a strange turn of fortune when he is given a ferocious-looking dog, named Lechien.

From this time forward he finds himself attracting interest and attention on account of his imposing 'pet', gains a job as a security guard and is inducted into the curious subculture of dog studs. Although short on dramatic tension, this unwinds its shaggy dog story with a rich sense of place and character that will reward the patient and curious.

NZ International Film Festival 2005