The Dog's Eye

Laure Portier / France, Belgium / 2019 / Czech Premiere / 37 min.

synopsis

A grandmother, a granddaughter and a dog. A path leading up to dying. Several timeless moments from the life of a sick woman enriched by the presence of a filmmaker granddaughter who captures the transient quality of life events and the gentleness of giving farewells through film. Behind closed doors, simple conversations, routine actions (a dinner) and handing over of experience (gutting the pig’s head) unwind. The acuteness of fleeting moments is augmented by the dog’s view. The projection of final moments in life captured by the eyes of the camera that of a devoted pet. An intimate balance of losses in one’s life laid out on a ground plan of a family tri-portrait.

biography

Laure Portier (1983) studied literature in Toulouse and later started the INSAS film school in Brussels. She works as camera assistant on fiction films. The Dog's Eye is her first medium-length film.