1 - Dogs: Submissive and obedient animals 2 - Hogs: Dirty and wicked animals
Acting
Carlos Blanco's gloriously unhinged Ramón steals every scene
Direction
Goteira's confident debut channels early Rodriguez on a shoestring
Writing
Dialogue that snaps between Galician grit and philosophical dog metaphors
Director
Andrés Goteira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in just 12 days in the director's actual hometown of Moraña, Pontevedra, with many locals as extras.
The title's wordplay on 'dogs/hogs' deliberately echoes Galician rural slang where 'dhogs' describes people who are simultaneously servile and savage—a concept the film weaponizes.
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