Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Shinji Aoyama’s Dog Eat Dog

Published on April 6, 2013

#45. Shinji Aoyama’s Dog Eat Dog

Gist: Based on Shinya Tanaka’s novel, Dog Eat Dog revolves around a 17-year-old boy named Tooma Shinogaki who lives with his father and his father’s new girlfriend in an isolated riverside town. Having to witness his father’s sadistic sexual behavior toward his girlfriend on a daily basis, Tooma grows increasingly frustrated and disgusted, but he’s also influenced by it and has a difficult time fighting the urge to try it out with a local high school girl.

Prediction: Aoyama, who adapts the screenplay himself, reteams with producer Naoki Kai (who also produced his 2007 film, Sad Vacation) and we’re predicting a Directors’ Fortnight slot for this selection. In 2001, Ayoama competed in the Main Competition with Desert Moon, as well as in 2000 for Eureka, which took home both the FIPRESCI and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

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Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.