USA,
2016, 90 min
Directed by:
Todd SolondzScreenplay:
Todd SolondzCinematography:
Edward LachmanComposer:
James LavinoCast:
Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, Greta Gerwig, Julie Delpy, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Zosia Mamet, Kieran Culkin, Tracy Letts, Samrat Chakrabarti, Michael James Shaw (more)Plots(1)
Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man's best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter - all longing for something more. (Sundance Film Festival)
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