A HOUSE WITH TWO DOGS

As Argentina experiences an unprecedented economic crisis, in the early 2000s, young Manuel’s parents are unable to pay rent and move, along with him and his two younger brothers, into their grandmother Tati’s house. The house is in disrepair, full of relics from bygone eras and piled objects that should have been thrown away years ago, rotting more by the minute. There, Manuel, who seems to differ from the other children, will reconnect with his eccentric grandmother, herself now touched by the metaphysical, while his family disintegrates much like the food in the fridge. An allegory about inner instability, the dissolution of human equilibrium and dignity, and ultimately of a country, as seen through the eyes of a boy in search of his own identity. With cinematography as warm as the summer heat, this is a debut with an atmosphere so thick that it sears itself into memory and emotions.