“A crowd-pleaser filled with wit and genuine emotion.”
— Cinema Axis
“Featuring an engaging cast and a tightly written script [with]
— Cinema Axis
“Featuring an engaging cast and a tightly written script [with]
a Coen Brothers level of ridiculousness.”
— ScreenFish
— ScreenFish
FOLLOWING THEIR DYING GRANDMOTHER’S WISH,
A PAIR OF ESTRANGED SIBLINGS TRAVEL TO RURAL POLAND
TO DIG UP THE PAST WHILE SAVING THEIR FUTURE
IN A POIGNANT ABSURDIST DRAMA
THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA
Street Date: September 22, 2020
DVD/Digital: $24.95
The Festival Favorite Film from Director Zack Bernbaum (And Now a Word from Our Sponsor) Captured “Best Feature” and “Best Director” Awards at the Canadian Film Fest
SYNOPSIS
On a cold winter night, estranged siblings Sarah (Katherine Fogler) and Aaron (Douglas Nyback) arrive at an empty train station in the rural Polish town of Dombrova. Looking for an address that apparently no longer exists, they set out on a journey to fulfill their dying grandmother’s final wish – to find and bring home the remains of her beloved childhood dog, Peter, in the endearing drama THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA.
Facing the challenges of an unfamiliar country, a not-so-helpful local government and their own turmoil, the constantly bickering Sarah, an unemployed free-spirit and, Aaron, a stubborn and high-strung statistical analyst, can’t seem to agree on anything and the trip is nearly derailed as their relationship is repeatedly tested. Along the way, they’re joined by a cast of characters including a stout and silent female cab driver who ferries the siblings all over town with a bottle of ketchup in her glove compartment, a precocious teenage detective who accompanies them and a pregnant innkeeper with a penchant for cooking blood sausages and getting into spats with the town priest. And as they seek to fulfill their grandmother’s last wish, they slowly start to realize that they must put their differences aside and work together to find the canine casket without driving each other into early graves of their own.
From director Zack Bernbaum (And Now a Word from Our Sponsor, Cold Deck), THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA captured numerous awards during its festival run, including “Best Feature” at the Canadian Film Fest and Desertscape International Film Festival, “Best Director” at the Canadian Film Fest and “Best Feature” Jury Nominations from the Austin, Fargo, Napa Valley and RiverRun Film Festivals.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide including the Oscar-nominated films Theeb (2016) and Corpus Christi (2020). Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci, Ettore Scola and Luchino Visconti. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
