After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to put a stop to the climb of violence.
Acting
Depardieu's simmering intensity before he became a caricature
Direction
Jessua's slow-burn societal paranoia
Director
Alain Jessua
Gérard Depardieu
Morel
Victor Lanoux
Dr Henry Ferret
Nicole Calfan
Elisabeth
Pierre Vernier
Gauthier
Fanny Ardant
Nurse
Régis Porte
Jacques
Gérard Séty
Mayor
Philippe Mareuil
Beauchamp
Henri Labussière
Montagnac, Pharmacist
Anna Gaylor
Madame Colin
Elisabeth Kaza
The First Guest
Maurice Illouz
Boss of the Disco
Betty Beckers
Woman in the Parking
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jessua shot the dog attack sequences with actual strays from Paris shelters, causing on-set tension with animal handlers.
Released during France's economic anxieties of the late 70s, the film was read as allegory for working-class uprising — Jessua insisted it was 'just about dogs,' which nobody believed.
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