Wild Dogs, The


Release Information: September 10, 2002; Toronto; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 10, 2002; Toronto; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); June 6, 2003; Toronto; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); June 6, 2003; Toronto; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 10, 2002; Toronto, Vanouver. Halifax; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 10, 2002; Toronto, Vanouver. Halifax; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); June 6, 2003; Toronto, Vanouver. Halifax; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); June 6, 2003; Toronto, Vanouver. Halifax; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)


Funding Sources: Film Nova Scotia
Canadian Feature Film Fund (Telefilm Canada)
Canadian Heritage: CPTC
CAVCO: Canadian Heritage

Budget: Budget: $750,000

Production Details


Executive Producer: Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; Christopher Zimmer; J. William Ritchie; J. William Ritchie; J. William Ritchie; J. William Ritchie; J. William Ritchie; J. William Ritchie

100 minutes, 2001

Drama

A week in the lives of several of Bucharest residents and visitors, during a cull of stray dogs. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant city dog-catcher, and Nathalie, the lonely wife of a diplomat, each becomes embroiled in the struggles of Bucharest’s abandoned children, gypsies, wild dogs and beggars.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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The Wild Dogs Commentary

The Wild Dogs (2002), by writer-director Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden), is a disquieting and uneven film that asks the viewer what he or she would do when faced with the misery of others. Set in the dystopia of post-Ceausescu Bucharest, The...

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