Beauty and the Dogs

Name: Beauty and the Dogs
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: March 23, 2018
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Anissa Daoud, Chedly Arfaoui, Ghanem Zrelli, Mariam Al Ferjani, Mohamed Akkari

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Cinéart | Release Date: March 23, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Anissa Daoud, Chedly Arfaoui, Ghanem Zrelli, Mariam Al Ferjani, Mohamed Akkari, Mourad Gharsalli, Neder Ghouati, Noomen Hamda

Summary: When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

Director: Kaouther Ben Hania and Khaled Walid Barsaoui

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Mar 22, 2018

There’s no better way to show these power dynamics than via long takes. By letting the events play out, Hania refuses to let her lead off the hook emotionally. Al Ferjani is therefore thrown into the fire, her Mariam an exposed nerve reacting on impulse to everything that occurs. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Mar 19, 2018

Beauty And The Dogs is a forthright and accomplished film which deals with its controversial subject matter without flinching. Tautly plotted, it has a pace and tension which mitigates the exhausting spectacle of watching a vulnerable young woman getting bullied and browbeaten by a selection of utterly horrible men. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 22, 2018

The filmmaking is so striking — and Ms. Al Ferjani so movingly, indefatigably resolute — it’s impossible not to persevere right along with her. Read full review

Vanessa H. Larson

Apr 4, 2018

By the end, the outcome is still unclear, leaving viewers hanging. Such ambiguity might work for pure fiction, but given that there’s a real-life incident behind the story, the lack of closure is unsatisfying. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Mar 22, 2018

Chilling Kafkaesque encounters give way to portrayals of thuggish cops bordering on caricature. In distractingly blunt ways, the film emphasizes what's already powerfully clear: the monstrousness of Mariam's situation and her courage. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Mar 19, 2018

Ben Hania’s decision to divide the film into 9 chapters, each seemingly orchestrated in a single take, works on a cerebral level, but the form doesn’t serve the story, and while the overall choreography of actors and camerawork is impressive, it never fully satisfies. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Mar 20, 2018

The film savors its obviousness and cruelty as badges of honor, reducing itself to a technical polemic. Read full review

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