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Dog on Trial

Play trailer Dog on Trial 2024,  1h 23m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 79% 14 Reviews Tomatometer - - Popcornmeter
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Avril, a young animal rights lawyer, is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her client, a canine repeat offender, from the death penalty. Caught as she is between a belief in justice and an increasing difficulty in tolerating human disregard for animals, she discovers that the dog will help her to accept her own human complexity.

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Jul 31, 2025
At times too much seems to be happening on screen, the sense of chaos, in turn, also coming to inhabit the audience’s mind. A reason why the engagement with the goings-on on the screen stays inconsistent. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety Dec 28, 2024
It’s hard to watch Kodi, the ragged, hungry-eyed canine star of Dog on Trial, without sensing, whether by sheer good fortune or some mysterious process of empathy, a genuine performance afoot. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Romney Screen International May 20, 2024
Altogether too manic and too eager to be petted. Go to Full Review
Erick Estrada Cinegarage Sep 4, 2025
It's a skillfully crafted tale. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Zach Youngs InSession Film Aug 8, 2025
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Dog on Trial is a special film that understands our connection to nature and that it should never be taken for granted. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views Aug 1, 2025
Avril’s fight is for the right to not conform or lose oneself. Does “Dog on Trial” take this concept to extreme levels in the surrounding political discourse? Sure, but have you seen “Eddington” (2025)? Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Laetitia Dosch

Director

Laetitia Dosch

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François Damiens

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Anne Dorval

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Jean-Pascal Zadi

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Mathieu Demy

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Dog on Trial

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Movie Info

Synopsis Avril, a young animal rights lawyer, is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her client, a canine repeat offender, from the death penalty. Caught as she is between a belief in justice and an increasing difficulty in tolerating human disregard for animals, she discovers that the dog will help her to accept her own human complexity.
Director
Laetitia Dosch
Screenwriter
Anne-Sophie Bailly, Laetitia Dosch
Production Co
Bande à Part Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 23m
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