Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1975)

Original title

¿No oyes ladrar los perros?

Directed by

François Reichenbach

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Mexico

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man carries his wounded son on a journey through a desert landscape to find help. He talks to his son about the future. The film also shows the son as a young man searching for work in Mexico City.

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What happens

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (Spanish: ¿No oyes ladrar los perros?, and also known as Ignacio) is a 1975 Mexican drama film directed by François Reichenbach. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a short story, "¿No oyes ladrar los perros?", written by Juan Rulfo and collected in El Llano en llamas. The short story tells the tale of an old man carrying his wounded (criminal) son on his back in search of help. Meanwhile, he tells his son about what his future life will be like. The film intercuts between the story of the man and his child and the possible future of the child as a young indigenous man looking for work in Mexico City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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