Meet Eric, a retired Naval Officer with a dinghy and a dream. He’s dancing with a dog he believes is the reincarnation of his late wife, Linda. Guilt stricken at having neglected her so badly in human form, Eric has sworn to help her achieve her dream now. He’s going to put this dog in the movies.
Meet Linda, a one eyed, needy, greedy dog of indeterminate breed with bad breath, bad recall and an aggressive chew. Linda loves Eric. Linda loves dancing. Linda also loves killing expensive camera equipment.
Meet Melanie, Eric’s unhappily married, professionally frustrated, carer daughter who is bitterly regretting suggesting a dog- companion to fill the void in her father’s life. Melanie bitterly regrets a lot these days.
Meet Harp, Melanie’s pathological liar friend from the Margate Carer’s Club who claims to be a medium but can only communicate with people who stay dead so isn’t much help. Harp’s doing a ‘Year of Yes’ to jumpstart her life. Harp’s said ‘yes’ to a job with Michael Power.
Meet Michael Power, a washed up, former Hollywood actor-impresario with a shoe problem, a drug habit and a weakness for setting fire to things. Michael makes money by raising finance for films he has no intention of shooting. When Eric offers him his life savings to make Linda a star he pitches him a story about Marie Antoinette’s dog and her Austrian pastry chef. Eric loves it. Linda loves croissants.
This is a film about a film about the dog who ate the buns of Marie Antoinette.
Meet Hong-Hyun Sang-Soo, a hot director, says Michael, well he would, wouldn’t he? Hong-Hyun Sang-Soo has never heard of Marie Antoinette, is allergic to dogs and has never seen a film camera in his life. He’d fess up, only he’s fallen for Harp, who in turn is falling for Michael.
Meet a cast of untrained dogs, whose increasingly miffed local owners have been charged a fortune for walkies-on parts in what they’ve been told is a historical epic which, is already hotly tipped for next year’s Oscars. How wrong can people be? Wronger than you ever imagined. Hong Hyun Sang Soo walks and Melanie and Harp take over and start work on THISBE, cinema verité for hounds.
Meet the film critics of Cannes, jaded, hung over and not inclined to giving movies the benefit of the doubt. Especially when they’re not in official competition and are being screened on a wall in an industrial estate with no red carpet.
Meet Eric, a retired Naval Officer with a dinghy and a dream. He’s dancing with a dog he believes is the reincarnation of his late wife, Linda. Guilt stricken at having neglected her so badly in human form, Eric has sworn to help her achieve her dream now. He’s going to put this dog in the movies.
Meet Linda, a one eyed, needy, greedy dog of indeterminate breed with bad breath, bad recall and an aggressive chew. Linda loves Eric. Linda loves dancing. Linda also loves killing expensive camera equipment.
Meet Melanie, Eric’s unhappily married, professionally frustrated, carer daughter who is bitterly regretting suggesting a dog- companion to fill the void in her father’s life. Melanie bitterly regrets a lot these days.
Meet Harp, Melanie’s pathological liar friend from the Margate Carer’s Club who claims to be a medium but can only communicate with people who stay dead so isn’t much help. Harp’s doing a ‘Year of Yes’ to jumpstart her life. Harp’s said ‘yes’ to a job with Michael Power.
Meet Michael Power, a washed up, former Hollywood actor-impresario with a shoe problem, a drug habit and a weakness for setting fire to things. Michael makes money by raising finance for films he has no intention of shooting. When Eric offers him his life savings to make Linda a star he pitches him a story about Marie Antoinette’s dog and her Austrian pastry chef. Eric loves it. Linda loves croissants.
This is a film about a film about the dog who ate the buns of Marie Antoinette.
Meet Hong-Hyun Sang-Soo, a hot director, says Michael, well he would, wouldn’t he? Hong-Hyun Sang-Soo has never heard of Marie Antoinette, is allergic to dogs and has never seen a film camera in his life. He’d fess up, only he’s fallen for Harp, who in turn is falling for Michael.
Meet a cast of untrained dogs, whose increasingly miffed local owners have been charged a fortune for walkies-on parts in what they’ve been told is a historical epic which, is already hotly tipped for next year’s Oscars. How wrong can people be? Wronger than you ever imagined. Hong Hyun Sang Soo walks and Melanie and Harp take over and start work on THISBE, cinema verité for hounds.
Meet the film critics of Cannes, jaded, hung over and not inclined to giving movies the benefit of the doubt. Especially when they’re not in official competition and are being screened on a wall in an industrial estate with no red carpet.