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Hounds

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
Production Co
Barney Production
Genre
Drama, Crime
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 34m