• Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Samuel Benchetrit
  • France, Belgium 2017
  • 87 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Jacques Blanchot just lost everything: his wife, his son, his house, his work. Abandoned by all, he gets picked up by a zealous pet shop owner who, unable to see him as a friend, offers to train him as his dog.

Samuel Benchétrit tells us about the fall of an individual with his signature top-notch casts, deadpan humor and loopy dialogue. The film comes to the Festival from its premiere is Locarno.

Filmography: Macadam Stories (2015), Un voyage (2014), Chez Gino (2011), I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2007), Janis and John (2003).


  • Director Samuel Benchetrit
  • Production Julien Madon, Marie Savare
  • Script Samuel Benchetrit, Gabor Rassov
  • Cinematography Guillaume Deffontaines
  • Editing Thomas Fernandez
  • Music Raphaël Haroche
  • Festivals Locarno
  • Actors Vincent Macaigne, Vanessa Paradis, Bouli Lanners
  • Source Films Boutique, Berlin