Hounds

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Hounds

Released Dec 6, 2024

1h 34m

Drama

Crime

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A father and son, live from day to day by carrying out petty crimes for the local mafia. Hired to kidnap a man and to deliver him across town seems simple enough until the man dies in the trunk of their car. What follows is a panicked after-hours odyssey with the police looking for them, the mafia expecting a live delivery, a dead body rotting in their trunk and they have no idea what awaits them next....

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

An ingenious, if simple, high concept for a lean thriller that counts contemporary Casablanca as a lead character.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 17, 2024

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

But as a piece of compelling and coherent narrative filmmaking, Hounds is unfortunately a fun beginning, a silly ending and with a mid-section that’s missing in action.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 14, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

There are hints of Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Winding Refn and Alejandro González Iñárritu in this punchy, scrappy film whose two lead characters are all too obviously less important to the criminal overlords than the actual dogs in their macho contests.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 12, 2024

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Luis Martínez

El Mundo (Spain)

Kamal Lazraq creates an angry, feverish and very real exercise in unbridled cinema. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jul 25, 2024

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

That is what this vibrant odyssey written in spit is about, making us calculate by weight what remains of the human soul among the living dead. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 24, 2024

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Tom Beasley

The Popcorn Muncher (Substack)

It doesn’t always work, but there’s enough dirt under its fingernails to make it a fascinating watch.

Jun 14, 2024

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Kamal Lazraq

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Ayoub Elaid

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Abdellatif Masstouri

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Mohamed Hmimsa

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Salah Bensalah

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Kamal Lazraq

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Synopsis

A father and son, live from day to day by carrying out petty crimes for the local mafia. Hired to kidnap a man and to deliver him across town seems simple enough until the man dies in the trunk of their car. What follows is a panicked after-hours odyssey with the police looking for them, the mafia expecting a live delivery, a dead body rotting in their trunk and they have no idea what awaits them next....

Director: Kamal Lazraq
Producer: Saïd Hamich, Diana Elbaum
Screenwriter: Kamal Lazraq
Distributor: Indican Pictures
Production Co: Barney Production
Genre: Drama, Crime
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 6, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.7K
Runtime: 1h 34m

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