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Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Koirat eivät käytä housuja

2019

J-P Valkeapää

Krista Kosonen, Pekka Strang, Oona Airola, Iiris Anttila ...

6.4

718

Drama The story follows Juha who develops an unexpected but powerful connection with a dominatrix named Mona, following a tragic event in his life that has left him emotionally paralyzed. His dangerous addiction to suffocation is reciprocated by Mona leading them both down a wild and crazy path towards emotional enlightenment. Dogs Don't Wear Pants is a darkly humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A witty premise clothed in an attractive technical package (...) The sex dungeon scenes, all vivid neon and lustrous latex, also have a pleasingly glossy rock-video look."
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Gradually carving out a tender, conflicted misfit romance from lurid beginnings (...) Valkeapää maintains a peculiar tonal balance to the end"
		Meg Shields Film School Rejects	"[It] won’t be the easiest film to convince your friends to watch (...) But as antithetical as it seems, 'Dogs Don’t Wear Pants' is underscored by a tender spirit that offers healing. This isn’t torture porn."
		Ian Freer Empire	"[It] makes '50 Shades Of Grey' look like kindergarten. A funny, provocative and strangely moving treat. The safe word is excellent (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Intriguing but hard to watch (...) But I wondered a little that it ran out of ideas, and couldn’t develop Mona as a character (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Surprisingly non-confrontational (...) [It] may leave some audience members whimpering for a safe word."
		Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro	"The lead characters are interesting and the script contains some very Finnish flashes of humour (...) A stylish, sombre and occasionally unwatchable watch (unless you’re into dental porn, of course) (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"It’s a delight to report that there is much more to love here than just that glorious title (...) The Finnish director proves once again that he is – thank heavens – a sick, sick man."

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