건달을 하지 않았다면, 우리는 행복할 수 있었을까 건달이 되면 멋진 남자로서 폼 나는 삶을 살 수 있을 거란 일념으로, 배신한 선배를 물러나게 하고 마침내 보스의 자리까지 오른 ‘상곤’. 하지만 그 일로 선배를 제낀 후배라는 오명을 쓰게 된다. 형제보다 사랑하는 동생들과 의리를 맹세하고 목숨보다 사랑하는 그녀와 행복까지 꿈꾸지만 매일매일 피바람이 불어대는 지옥과 같은 이 곳에는 건달들의 낭만 따위는 사치처럼 보이는데… 건달들이 개입된 음모와 얽히고설킨 배신 속, 가족과 동생들까지 점점 더 모든 것을 잃을 위기에 처하는 ‘상곤’. 그가 마지막까지 지키고자 했던 것은 무엇이었을까
Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two!
Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.