DOGHEAD (CABEZA DE PERRO) World Cinema

Director /screenwriter Santi Amodeo (ASTRONAUTS) utilizes personal insight and poetic storytelling to craft a thoughtful story of a man looking to get outside.

Samuel is an 18-year-old boy who has suffered from a strange neurological disease since childhood. Sometimes he stops hearing, can’t see or is incapable of walking or uttering a word. As a result, Samuel has lived in an overprotected environment until an unexpected event takes him to Madrid, where he meets Consuelo – a girl in her 20s as disoriented as he is. They develop a relationship as unusual as they are.

Samuel is a heartbreakingly unforgettable character and the charming Juan Jose Ballesta (4TH FLOOR, SEVEN VIRGINS) is pitch perfect in his depiction. This is an infectiously fun film from a director who has the uncanny ability to encompass the endearing and the bleak, the innocent and the contemptible. With richly drawn characters and atmospheric music, director/ screenwriter/musician Santi Amodeo captures and intensifies the joys and pains of modern life-and all the people in it.