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→Plot: Correcting information about where the film is set: it is not set in a suburb of Rome.
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| director = [[Matteo Garrone]]
| producer = Matteo Garrone<br />[[Jeremy Thomas]]<br />Jean Labadie<br />Paolo Del Brocco
| screenplay = Ugo Chiti<br>Matteo Garrone <br> [[Massimo Gaudioso]]
| story = Ugo Chiti<br>[[Damiano D'Innocenzo]] <br> [[Fabio D'Innocenzo]] <br> Matteo Garrone <br> Massimo Gaudioso <br> Marco Perfetti <br> Giulio Troli
| starring = [[Marcello Fonte]]<br/>[[Edoardo Pesce]]
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| cinematography = Nicolaj Brüel
| editing = [[Marco Spoletini]]
| production_companies = Archimede<br />[[Le Pacte]]
| distributor = [[01 Distribution]]
| released = {{film date|2018|5|16|[[2018 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2018|5|17|Italy|df=yes}}
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==Plot==
Marcello is a small, mild man, living in a dilapidated Romebeach suburbsettlement in [[Castel Volturno]];<ref>https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/film-review-dogman-serves-as-a-parable-on-power-20190827-p52l2c</ref> he owns a dog grooming shop, and divides his days between his work, his daughter, Alida - who lives with her mother, from whom he is separated - and socialising with other locals. He supplements his meager income by selling cocaine to acquaintances. One is Simone, a huge and thuggish former boxer who terrorises the neighborhood. The extent of this abusive friendship is demonstrated when one night, Simone forces Marcello to take part a burglary, since he has a van and can act as the driver. The job runs smoothly, but Marcello hears his accomplice describe how he put a ChicuahuaChihuahua in the freezer to make it stop barking. After receiving his token share of the loot, Marcello returns to the scene, retrieves the dog, and revives it.
 
Simone continues to cause havoc, punching a restaurateur and breaking his nose. Some locals discuss what can be done about him, but no decision is made. Marcello is silent throughout. Later that night, Simone forces Marcello to get cocaine for him from his supplier without paying for it. Accompanying him, Simone is turned down due to his debts. The thug responds by brutally beating the dealer and one of his henchmen, leaving with a haul of coke that he and Marcello consume in a strip club. On leaving, Simone is shot by a man on a motorbike. After refusing to go to hospital, Marcello takes Simone to Simone's mother's house to tend to him. Here, Simone and his mother have a brief argument over the cocaine; his mother is upset by his addiction.
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==Reception==
===Critical response===
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Dogman'' offers a grim character study set apart by Marcello Fonte's performance and director Matteo Garrone's tight grip on the material."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogman_2019|title=Dogman (2018)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average of score of 71 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews"."<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogman reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dogman |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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{{David di Donatello Best Film}}
{{Italian submissions for the Academy Award}}
{{Matteo Garrone}}
 
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[[Category:Crime films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Drama films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Le Pacte films]]
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