El Perro DVD 2004 Bonbon, a kutya / Directed by Carlos Sorin / Starring: Juan Villegas, Walter Donado

UPC 5998133159731

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: Spanish 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 94 minutes

English Summary:

El perro (English: Bombón: El Perro and Bombón: The Dog) is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín, Santiago Calori, and Salvador Roselli. The picture features Juan Villegas and Walter Donado, among others.

The film was partly funded by INCAA.

El perro is a neo-realist fable about a man and a dog, the titular Bombón. Set in Patagonia, an unemployed man has his luck change after being given a Dogo Argentino dog for helping a stranded woman on the highway.

Coco (Juan Villegas), the main character, is first seen trying to sell knives to a group of oil workers. He is a skilled craftsman, but the knives are too expensive for them. In fact, throughout the entire film, he never manages to sell a single knife, but he ends up giving two away: one to a security guard as a bribe, and one to a cabaret singer he meets on his journey.

Coco is down on his luck. He lives in a cramped apartment with his daughter and her children. As he is 52 years old, it looks increasingly unlikely that he will get another job. What he really wants is to work in a gas station, and during the first part of the film he is seen inquiring after such jobs.

Coco is a good natured man, despite his ill luck, and he is seen helping a woman on the road whose car has broken down. This good deed leads to him being given an Argentine Dogo as a gift. The dog is a pedigree and the woman supplies him with all the documents. Coco is bemused, but keeps the dog.

Hungarian Summary:

A munkanélküli autószerelőnek és benzinkutasnak, Cocónak vajmi kevés rá az esélye, hogy ötven felett munkához jusson. A szerencse azonban rámosolyog, pontosabban rávicsorít egy argentin dog képében. Újdonsült cimborája, a link Walter "tenyésztői szakismeretével" ugyanis az impozáns eb jó eséllyel pályázhat a kutya-szépségversenyeken. A fedeztetés jelentette "aranybánya" azonban nem akar "termelni", mivel a csökönyös eb inkább a kutyaólakba bújik, semmint hogy elvégezze ez irányú feladatait.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Juan Villegas as Juan "Coco" Villegas
• Walter Donado as Walter Donado
• Gregorio as Le Chien aka Bombón
• Rosa Valsecchi as Susana
• Mariela Díaz as Coco's daughter
• Sabino Morales as Sabino, Coco's friend
• Claudina Fazzini as Claudina
• Kita Ca as Claudina's mother
• Carlos Rossi as Bank Manager
• Leda Cacho as Walter's wife
• Micol Estévez as Walter's daughter
• Diego Rozas Denis as Gelsi, Walter's friend
• Andrea Suárez as Hitchhiker
• Adrián Giampani as Galván
• Carlos Aguirre as Galván's boss