HUNDSTAGE
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Feature film | A | 2001
121 min | Dolby SR
35th Hof International Film Festival
2001
It is a hot and stifling weekend in the suburbs of Vienna somewhere between the autobahn and the exit roads, the hypermarkets and new housing estates. During these salad days (“Hundstage” in German), six stories unfold, all interwoven, revealing a world of disillusion and lonely souls. While the days are lazy and melancholic, spent lounging in underpants and bikinis, the nights, steeped in alcohol, sex and songs unleash a fury of violence and raw emotions.