萨米之血

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.

原本拥有美满生活的拉菲克有一天突然无端发狂，砸烂了办公室并跳出窗外，人们以为他企图自杀。最终拉菲克被捕入狱。四年后，拉菲克刑满出狱，他心里只有一个念头：带儿子去看看他的发现——他一切行为的源头。尽管妻子和岳父极力阻止，他还是从学校带走了儿子。在躲避警察的过程中，他们偶遇了一位牧羊人，并在一座乡间小屋过夜，事情开始变得奇怪了起来……