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Synopsis

18 year old Marek spends his days training at the boxing club, helping his father with work at the vineyard or hanging out with some right-wing extremist skinheads. More often, however, the withdrawn teenager is with his pit bull Killer, who seems to be his only friend. When his father is caught up in financial difficulties, he wants to sell parts of his property. Unfortunately he needs the signature of his ex-wife Marika for that, who has abandoned the family years ago. Marek knows near to nothing about the reasons for her leaving. Now it’s he of all people who is supposed to get that signature. Meeting his mother reveals a long kept family secret to the teenager, which especially his skinhead friends do not like.Mira Fornay’s social drama narrates disturbingly and shockingly how a sense of shame and false pride can lead to a catastrophe. The actors are all laymen from the Slovak-Czech border area, amongst them said skinheads; the film was shot solely at authentic locations, which makes it appear incredibly authentic. My Dog Killer is a somber drama, told without clichés, which does not judge intolerant people but ask how and why racism altogether comes to be.

Guests

Mira Fornay

Mira Fornay

Mira Fornay
Director, writer My Dog Killer 
In Vienna: October 4-5

My Dog Killer

Original Title

Môj pes Killer

Director

Mira Fornay

Script

Mira Fornay

Actors

Adam Mihál, Irena Bendová, Marián Kuruc

Genre

drama

Category

25 - The Retrospective

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic

Year

2013

Language

Slovak with Engl. sub.

Running time

90 min.

Dates

Sunday 04.10.

21:15 Actors Studio 1

Monday 05.10.

16:30 Actors Studio 3