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My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid

You Don't Choose Your Family, Or Your Dog.

20196.01h 46m

Overview

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.

Directed by Yvan Attal
Written by John Fante, Dean Craig, Yaël Langmann
Produced by Florian Genetet-Morel, Georges Kern
Box Office0Revenue: $4.0M

Top Cast

Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal

Henri Mohen

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Cécile Mohen

Eric Ruf

Eric Ruf

Professeur Mazard

Pascale Arbillot

Pascale Arbillot

Louise Breuvart

Ben Attal

Ben Attal

Raphaël Mohen

Adèle Wismes

Adèle Wismes

Pauline Mohen

P

Pablo Venzal

Noé Mohen

Panayotis Pascot

Panayotis Pascot

Gaspard Mohen

Oscar Copp

Oscar Copp

Hugues

Lola Marois-Bigard

Lola Marois-Bigard

Marie-Lise

About My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid is a comedy film released in 2019. Directed by Yvan Attal, it stars Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Eric Ruf. Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.

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