Poodle (film)
| Poodle | |
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| Spanish | Caniche |
| Directed by | Bigas Luna |
| Written by | Bigas Luna |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Pedro Aznar |
| Edited by | Anastasi Rinos |
Production company | Figaró Films |
| Distributed by | Universal Films Española |
Release dates |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Poodle (Spanish: Caniche)[1] is a 1979 Spanish drama film written directed by Bigas Luna. It stars Àngel Jové, Consol Tura, and Linda Pérez Gallardo.
Plot
The plot follows siblings Bernardo and Eloísa, living in a rickety mansion in Barcelona with the poodle Dany, with Bernardo being jealous of the attention the dog receives from Eloísa, who treats the poodle as if it were a person. Bored in the building, they engage into the activity of butchering, penetrating, and eating stray dogs.[2][3]
Cast
Production
Bigas Luna retrospectively acknowledged that shooting the film was not a good experience for his then wife Consol Tura.[5]
Release
The film screened in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar section of the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[6] It was released theatrically in Spain on 8 June 1979.[7][4]
Reception
The film landed a mixed reception.[8] It also proved to be controversial, featuring polemic bestiality scenes.[9]
Jesús Fernández Santos of El País lamented that the film never manages to take flight, and the story "never becomes sarcastic, nor does the anecdote transcend beyond the noirish tale to take on authentic dramatic status".[10]
Also reviewing for El País, Luis Martínez wrote that Biga Luna builds an "accurate profile of vomit" that "becomes something internal, dense, almost tangible, both metaphor and insult".[11]
See also
References
- ^ Sanabria, Carolina (2017). "Revisiting Bigas Luna's Bilbao: The Female Body-Object". In Fouz-Hernández, Santiago (ed.). Spanish Erotic Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4744-0047-3.
- ^ Freire, Juan Manuel (4 June 2024). "45 años de 'Caniche': algunos recuerdos de la Barcelona de Bigas Luna". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Loxham 2014, p. 190.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sanabria Sing 2007, p. 175.
- ^ Fouz-Hernández 2011, p. 95.
- ^ Sanabria Sing, Carolina (2007). "El "tríptico negro" de Bigas Luna: El cine erótico en Bilbao, Caniche y Angustia" (PDF). Rev. Reflexiones. 86 (2): 167. ISSN 1021-1209.
- ^ Cebollada, Pascual (1996). Enciclopedia del cine español: cronología. Vol. 2. Ediciones del Serbal. ISBN 8476281641.
- ^ Loxham, Abigail (2014). Cinema At the Edges: New Encounters with Julio Medem, Bigas Luna and José Luis Guerín. Berghahn Books. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-78238-304-8.
- ^ Fouz-Hernández, Santiago (2011). "Ensnared Between Pleasure and Politics: Looking for Chicas Bigas Luna, Re-viewing Bambola". In Davies, Ann (ed.). Spain on Screen: Developments in Contemporary Spanish Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 95.
- ^ Fernández Santos, Jesús (15 June 1979). "Perros calientes". El País.
- ^ Martínez, Luis (11 December 1997). "Caniche". El País.