Dogs Don't Wear Pants
2019 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 6.9 · 85% critics
After losing his wife, a heart surgeon moves through life feeling numb while trying to be there for his teenage daughter. A chance meeting with a dominatrix stirs emotions he thought were gone, pulling him into an intense, unconventional relationship where pain and desire blur.
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Details
- Original title
- Koirat eivät käytä housuja
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-11-01
- Language
- FI
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (193 votes)
About
If you’re open to an offbeat, intense drama that mixes grief, dark humor, and BDSM themes, this could click; Not for you if you want a gentle romance, lots of dialogue, or tidy answers like The Kid Detective.
Pros: bold premise; darkly funny moments; striking style | Cons: thin character depth; uneven storytelling; unpleasant music
Themes
- bondage
- sexual obsession
- finnish
- dark comedy
- suffocation
- dominatrix
- loss
- love
- grief
- bdsm
- sexual domination
- girl with piercings
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Pekka Strang
as Juha
Krista Kosonen
as Mona
Ilona Huhta
as Elli
Jani Volanen
as Juha's Co-worker
Oona Airola
as Satu
- IA
Iiris Anttila
as Piercer
Ester Geislerová
as Wife
Samuel Shipway
as Moped Boy
- EK
Ellen Karppo
as Elli 4 yrs.
- AR
Armands Reinis
as Fisherman
Directed by J-P Valkeapää