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Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two!
　　Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.

故事发生在1836年，德克萨斯的军事堡垒阿拉莫遭到了独裁者安东尼奥（埃米利洛·艾切瓦利亚 Emilio Echevarría 饰）带领的精锐部队的攻击，这也就意味着，驻守在阿拉莫的两百名平民，必须要面对数千名装备精良的专业士兵。这是一场根本就不可能胜利的战争。 　　在这命悬一线的紧要关头，威廉少尉（帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰）、詹姆斯（杰森·帕特里克 Jason Patric 饰）和西部牛仔大卫（比利·鲍伯·松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）勇敢的站了出来，领导着其他来自各行各业的勇士们和敌人展开了殊死搏斗。十三天后，阿拉莫尸横遍野，然而，勇士们所争取到的时间使得萨姆将军（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）得以领兵赶往此处，并且最终击退了墨西哥军队。