Stray dogs

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Trailer

original title:

Cani di strada

directed by:

screenplay:

cinematography:

music:

Rolando Gabriele, Paolo Piva

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

84'

format:

colour

festivals & awards:

  • Festival del Cinema di Castel Volturno 2022: Concorso Lungometraggi
  • Cilento International Film Festival 2022: Concorso - Menzione Speciale
  • Ariano International Film Festival – AIFF 2022: Concorso Lungometraggi - Premio Giuria Popolare
  • Festival Internazionale del Cinema dei Castelli Romani 2021: Panorama - Premio del Pubblico Migliore Attrice (Monica Carpanese), Premio della Critica, Premio Migliore Attore (Hamarz Vasfi, Massimo Bonetti)
  • Terra di Siena Film Festival 2021: Lungometraggi Italiani - Premio della Critica

A boiling hot summer night, a rock concert just finished, three stray dogs in the dark of the night.
Rockstell is an immigrant peddler with an expiring residence permit, a romantic dreamer, so grated to the country that welcomed and hosted him. He travels around Italy on board of his yellow van, full of mystery and magic.
Blues is an unemployed anarchist who has not found his way in life yet. He drives Rockstell’s van, because he doesn't have a driver's license, and he is his only unaware true friend.
Leila is a “call girl” like a firefly without a glow. She is a woman with a difficult childhood, who finds her light and comfort with people she’d never seen before.
It all happens in one night: friendship, understanding, awareness, fear, magic, and death.