By Akshay
The most crushed and trampled upon sheet is what that once again becomes upright. The most torn and intimidated person is the strongest, this is ‘Dogman’ s message. Matteo Garone the director and writer needs special applause for highlighting one of the most underrated forms of violence, bullying.
This 103-minute long movie, has a neat screenplay structure and a steady plot development. Marcello (Marcello) a dog lover who is a committed dog caretaker and a loving husband and father has just 2 excesses, his cocaine habit and a servitude friendship with Simone (Eduardo).
Marcello’s characters vividly brings out the subtle gesticulations of an individual who is bullied. The victims of bullying could definitely see them in Marcello. And Eduardo with his ‘Go to hell’ attitude earns our resentment early, such is his acting prowess.
Simone makes Marcello a scapegoat of his dirty works and Marcello sympathizes out of fear, everytime the neighborhood berates Simone.
The music doesn't blend with the imbalanced emotions of characters of the movie, so it is disappointing.
All characters have done enough justice in the space given. Unfortunately Marcello’s wife hasn't. When the whole neighborhood aware of his docile friendship with Simone, warn him against it, Marcello’s wife is dumbfounded in every scene of hers. It is only natural for audience to expect a wife to be the first counselor of a problematic husband.
The baby steps Marcello takes in increasing his courage makes us root for him and it engrosses us in the movie. And this process is made more believable by showing Marcello as a soccer player, as we all know an athlete is mentally poised and is capable of recovering from trauma.
Talking of cinematography, the last 2 or 3 minutes approximate there are close shots of Marcello, who gloats over his overcoming intimidation and wide & top angle shots of him looking at the neighborhood with pride. Such visual messages were delightful.
‘Dogman’ is a strong protest against those who feel they could have their way intimidating others and an assurance for those who feel weak, aren't really so.
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