David, a 25-year-old student has just failed his exams. His father, a pragmatic businessman, has been paying for David's education, the pursuit of which he considers a waste of time. He strikes a deal: David can study for his exams as he builds a house for himself in isolated plot of land in a coastal resort where he has been loafing around, and where there as many man as dogs, and women are very scarce.

The resort’s motley crew of off-season residents become David’s inevitable mates – as the year long adventure starts the house takes shape from drunken stupor to stoned laziness and onto mushroom induced hallucinations. Will this experience lead our hero to positive maturity...?

Director:

The feature debut by Uruguayan writer-director Manuel Nieto Zas, he has previously worked with Lisandro Alonso (on Los Muertos) and with the late Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella (as assitant director on Whisky).

Production Company:

THE DOG POUND is the latest film to arise from the new wave of Uruguayan talent, coming from Cltr Z films who created WHISKY - winner of a Goya Award, Fripresci and Original Regard Award at Cannes amongst others.