Simona Popescu

Infidelity drama, male egos, lost dogs in Startsladden favorite Stefan Constantinescu’s arthouse gem about a man consumed by jealousy who risks losing everything while searching for the truth.

Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant city dog-catcher, and Natalie, a lonely Diplomat's wife - each risks losing everything as they become embroiled in the struggles of Bucharest's abandoned children, gypsies, dogs and beggars.

Dante Lazarescu, un vieil homme, partage son petit appartement de Bucarest avec ses trois chats. Un soir, des crampes et des maux de têtes l'inquiètent. Il appelle une ambulance. Personne ne vient. Ses voisins affluent, plus préoccupés par leurs petits problèmes que par la détresse de Dante. Une ambulance finit par arriver. L'ambulancière livre un diagnostic alarmant et emmène le malade sur-le-champ. Dans un premier hôpital, le médecin de garde formule une autre hypothèse. Dante boit trop. L'arrivée massive des victimes d'un accident de bus bouscule le service. L'ambulancière conduit Dante dans un deuxième hôpital, pour qu'il y passe un examen neurologique…

Security guard Aurel (Andi Vasluianu) and his wife Irene have a moderately happy marriage and a moderately comfortable lifestyle in urban Romania. Irene takes a working trip to Cairo and returns invigorated with the swell of success. She sets out again and never returns. What follows is both predictable and unpredictable. Aurel, and the audience, are suspicious of the official explanation of her death so the foundation is laid for the traditional who-dunnit. Aurel proceeds on an emotional search against all odds.