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  • 2011
  • Indiepix
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Indiepix
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Using the subversive urgency of cinéma vérité, the lives of six young people unfold in present day Iran. Misunderstood by their families and oppressed by conservative Islamic society, they act out their personal desires behind closed doors. A feminist finds herself in an affair with a married man; new lovers search for a place to be phys...

Directed By: Hossein Keshavarz

Written By: Maryam Ataei, Hossein Keshavarz

  • 2011
  • Indiepix
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Indiepix
  • 1 h 30 m

Dog Sweat

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Using the subversive urgency of cinéma vérité, the lives of six young people unfold in present day Iran. Misunderstood by their families and oppressed by conservative Islamic society, they act out their personal desires behind closed doors. A feminist finds herself in an affair with a married man; new lovers search for a place to be phys...

Directed By: Hossein Keshavarz

Written By: Maryam Ataei, Hossein Keshavarz

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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71% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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71% Mixed
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70
Nov 10, 2011
Dog Sweat (the title is slang for alcohol) is surprisingly polished, the young actors warmly believable despite being restricted by the film's narrow focus.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 9, 2011
With six protagonists serving as a cross-section of Tehran's youthful population, director Hossein Keshavarz's Dog Sweat is a somber, minor-keyed debut feature about the daily manifestations of oppression in contemporary Iran.
By Bill Weber FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 17, 2011
Whatever personal risks first-time director Hossein Keshavarz took to make the film, there's little sense of danger in the finished product, which offers snapshots of middle-class Iran but falls flat on the dramatic front.
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Nov 9, 2011
The cast is fine, but the roles are superficial and too concentrated on the film's theme.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2011
It might be sufficient that Dog Sweat exists at all - but only if you believe intention trumps execution.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2011
Great for ADD-style viewing but not for advancing Iranian cinema's currently challenged profile.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 8, 2011
Subversive elements or not, this is essentially little more than a TV soap opera spiced with hot-button topics (gender issues, clandestine gay trysts), and the combo of TV melodramatics and mumblecore-ish aesthetics eventually wears out its welcome.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Nov 11, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Website http://www.dogsweatthefilm.com/
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Awards

Rome Film Fest
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Little Rock Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination

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