The Dog Thief (El ladrón de perros)

2025, LAFS  |  
Dog Thief trailer screenshot

Friday April 4 at 7:00 pm 

Vinko Tomičić

2024 Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico  |  90 minutes

Martín is a 13-year-old orphan who works as a shoeshine boy on the cold streets of La Paz. One day he decides to steal the dog of his best client, a lonely tailor he has begun to imagine as his father. An intimate and unflinching story about discrimination and the search for identity. Special Jury Prize, 2024 Lima Film Festival

Other films by Tomičić:

2016     Cockroach

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