IVAN AND THE DOGS
synopsis
Based on the extraordinary true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his Moscow apartment at the age of four and spent two years living on the city streets where he was adopted by a pack of wild dogs. In the recession-ravaged city, the human world is dominated by deprivation and violence. When social breakdown from extremes of impoverishment, cruelty and selfishness starts to set in, a homeless child's only hope is to turn to feral dogs for company, protection and warmth. This spellbinding story of survival and need conjures the streets of Moscow in the 1990s through the eyes of a child.
international title: | Ivan and the Dogs |
original title: | Ivan and the Dogs |
working title: | Lek and the Dogs |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andrew Kotting |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | UK 6/06/2018 |
screenplay: | Hattie Naylor |
cast: | Xavier Tchili |
film editing: | Andrew Kotting |
producer: | Nick Taussig, Paul Van Carter |
production: | Salon Pictures |
distributor: | HOME Artist Film |