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Overview

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Director:
Ulrich Seidl
Writers:
Veronika Franz (writer)
Ulrich Seidl (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 November 2001 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In a suburb of Vienna during some hot summer days: A teacher who is in bondage to a sleazy pimp, a very importunate hitchhiker... more | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Bill Plympton Unleashes His Dog Days
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User Comments:
A bleak and at time funny reality more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Maria Hofstätter ... The hitchhiker
Alfred Mrva ... Security Guard
Erich Finsches ... Old Man
Gerti Lehner ... Housekeeper

Franziska Weisz ... Young Girl
Rene Wanko ... Friend
Claudia Martini ... The Ex-Wife
Victor Rathbone ... The Ex-Husband
Christian Bakonyi ... Masseur
Christine Jirku ... Teacher
Viktor Hennemann ... The Lover
Georg Friedrich ... The Lover's Friend
Ingeborg Wehofer ... Car accident victim
Leopold Schlol ... Car scratch victim
Silvia Piglmann ... Car scratch victim
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dog Days (International: English title) (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some disturbing behavior/violence.
Runtime:
121 min | UK:127 min
Country:
Austria
Language:
German | Turkish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Vienna, Austria
Company:
Allegro Film more

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Trivia:
Second in the poll for FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR 2002. more
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Crew or equipment visible: At the beginning of the movie in front of the supermarket the boom mic and the camera are reflected in a car window. more
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Referenced in Böse Zellen (2003) more

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17 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
A bleak and at time funny reality, 28 November 2002
Author: ellkew from London

An outstanding film by all accounts. Bleak, yes. Funny, yes. Shocking, yes. To all those reviewers harping on about lack of plot, then surely this is to miss the point. Seidl draws on his documentary background and indeed blends the this with the fictional elements. Do we really need the narrative signposts that we are force-fed in films. Life is not that black and white. I cannot understand the constant desire for fast paced cutting. Go and watch a commercial if you need to but leave the rest of us with well made, insightful films that speak about the bigger issues in life. This is a marvellous film that is disturbing and shocking but not in a gratuitous manner. I think it is in the tiny minutiae of life that these moments are revealed. I found the moment when the couple visit the grave and when the old woman does the striptease to be very moving. You need to look underneath the surface of the characters to see what makes them tick and Seidl has done this. As a result we have complex characters that seem too real for some viewers perhaps to stomach. I should stop defending the film. Just go and see it. Brilliant film-making.

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