1985 · drama · war · literary
The City and the Dogs
Directed by Francisco J. Lombardi2h 15m1985
Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.
Our read: The City and the Dogs (1985) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war · literary entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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