On a rainy evening, Aida drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house. Only Walid, her husband who has been living abroad for years, is not expecting to find her there. Reunited in the same space over four days, they face the status of their lives together and apart. Is there anything left to be saved? Dead Dog is a measured dissection of a marriage that is simultaneously breathing and decomposing.
Lebanese filmmaker Sarah FRANCIS grew up and studied in Beirut. Her works often present sonic landscapes and visual tableaus that explore our ever-changing position within the world. Sarah’s first feature film Birds of September / Touyour Ayloul (2013) premiered in the main competition of CPH:DOX. It then screened at numerous festivals and museums such as Art of the Real’ Lincoln Center, Stedelijk Museum, DMZ Docs (South Korea), and received several international awards. Her second feature As Above so below/ Kama Fissamaa’ Kathalika Alal Ard (2020) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival before touring worldwide.
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