Year of Production
2025
Country of Production
Lebanon, France, Qatar, KSA
Running Time
1h32
Language
In Arabic with English subtitles
Cast

Chirine Karameh, Nida Wakim

Festivals/Awards

Official Selection - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025

Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film, Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition - Cairo International Film Festival 2025

Acting Prize for Chirine Karameh, Cairo Industry Days Next Generation Awards - Cairo International Film Festival 2025

Best Sound Design - International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir 2026

Special Jury Mention - Beirut International Women Film Festival 2025

Dead Dog
Sarah Francis

In the presence of the film team

في جبال لبنان الممطرة، تقود عايدة سيارتها باتجاه منزل عائلي شبه متروك، لتجد هناك زوجها وليد، العائد للتو من اغترابه الطويل، والذي لم يكن يتوقع حضورها. على مدى أربعة أيام، يحاول الزوجان فهم بعضهما ومواجهة ما تبقّى من علاقتهما. هل بقي ما يمكن إنقاذه؟ «كلب ساكن» تشريح لعلاقة تتنفس وتتحلل في آنٍ معاً.

 

On a rainy evening, Aida drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house. Only Walid, her husband who has been living abroad for years, is not expecting to find her there. Temporarily reunited in the same space, they face the status of their lives together and apart. Is there anything left to be saved? Dead Dog is a measured dissection of a marriage that is simultaneously breathing and decomposing.

 

Par une soirée pluvieuse, Aïda sillonne les montagnes libanaises et ouvre la porte d’une maison familiale vide. Walid, son mari qui vit à l’étranger depuis des années, est surpris de la trouver là. Temporairement réunis dans le même espace, ils se retrouvent confrontés à l’état de leur vie commune et de leurs vies séparées. Reste-t-il encore quelque chose à sauver ? Dead Dog est la dissection mesurée d’un mariage qui respire et se décompose tout à la fois.

 

With the support of 

Doha Film Institute, OIF Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Red Sea Film Foundation 

Producers 

Lara Abou Saifan (Placeless films), Sarah Francis

Co-produced by

Marine Vaillant (Dewberries Films) and the Red Sea Film Foundation

DOP

Mark Khalife 

Editing

Zeina Aboul Hosn 

Sound Design

Victor Bresse 

Original Music

Rabih Gebeile 

Mixing

Lama Sawaya (DB studios) 

Distribution

MAD Solutions

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