Dog Pound
France
2010
88 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
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In North America more than 100,000 children are held in detention centers. Sixty percent are destined to become repeat offenders. Director Kim Chapiron takes a searing look at three incarcerated teenagers fighting for their lives and for hope. An electrifying cast delivers blistering performances packed with intensity and emotional power in this story of unlikely friendships in the midst of a brutal and deficient correctional system. —Tribeca Film Festival
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Justin Oakey
2Dec11
"Dog Pound" is adolescent, in both its characters and its realization. As a remake of Alan Clarke's brilliant "Scum", it is essentially a pubescent version. Pubescent in the way that it over-emphasized violence that need not be, perhaps for shock value, but failed to emphasize some major character evolution going on within Butch. Worth watching, but at times is too over the top to make a sociological statement.
Pouya G. Asadi
23Nov10
Had to settle for DVD. Bring the film to Chicago!!!! Gene Siskel Center will give it a two week run!
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SHEITAN's Kim Chapiron Heads To Juvie With DOG POUND
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
Is it a remake or isn’t it? Alan Clarke’s 1979 juvie crime drama Scum – starring a young Ray Winstone – certainly appears to be a major influence on Dog Pound, the latest from Sheitan director Kim Chapiron
SHEITAN's Kim Chapiron Heads To Juvie With DOG POUND
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Is it a remake or isn’t it? Alan Clarke’s 1979 juvie crime drama Scum – starring a young Ray Winstone – certainly appears to be a major influence on Dog Pound, the latest from Sheitan director Kim Chapiron
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