After finishing a job on a Texas oil rig, John returns to his home town in Mississippi - where he will confront not only his own repressed trauma, but that of a society grieving dying American myths.
Year of production 2022 Length 84min Country Poland, Mexico, USA Shooting Format Digital Dialogue English DirectorBianca Lucas Producers Bianca Lucas, Joaquín del Paso Production Love Dogs, Cárcava Cine Co-production Manosanta Studios, Film Exchange Writers Bianca Lucas, John Dicks Cinematographer Józefina Gocman-Dicks Editor Omar Guzmán, Greg Karpinski Sound Designer Thomas Becka Executive Producer Gabriel Kermiche CastJohn Dicks, TJ Tarver, Becca Begnaud, Corinne Bordelon, Brooke Keel Bullock, Ernie Schaeffer Supported by Polish Film Institute Produced in association with: Film Exchange, Criatura Anónima, Splendor Omnia Festival selections Locarno Film Festival 2022, Switzerland - World Premiere, Special Mention (First Feature Award Jury) Sarajevo Film Festival 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina Leeds International Film Festival 2022, UK Bosphorus Film Festival 2022, Turkey - Best Actor Award for John Dicks Goa International Film Festival of India 2022 Novos Cinemas - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Pontevedra 2022, Spain
Director's Statement Love Dog is about the personal and collective process of grief, repression of trauma, and their repercussions in our everyday lives. About the breakdown of a mythicised American identity, and the universal ways in which truth, love and reckoning might break generational cycles of violence & emotional pain. It is about mourning, and learning how to live and love- not just function- in the midst of our ghosts.
