Wiener-Dog
- director: Todd Solondz
- actor: Brie Larson Danny DeVito Ellen Burstyn Greta Gerwig Julie Delpy Kieran Culkin Zosia Mamet
- writer: Todd Solondz
Synopsis:
Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter—all longing for something more. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance Film Festival]
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