In this charming documentary, director Gillian Leahy combines her two great passions: dogs and film. She openly reveals her life story through a canine prism – lovers may come and go, but there are always the dogs. Leahy also weaves in her filmmaking career, starting out at the Women's Film Workshop in 1970s Sydney and the newly formed AFTRS. Dogs have carried her through childhood illness and heartbreak; in return she lavishes care, and frets over their waywardness. Today, she shares her life with a big brown Labrador called Baxter. There are echoes of Leahy's award-winning My Life Without Steve, a study in love and loss, in this meditative and romantic film.
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Gillian Leahy Director · Elizabeth Drake Composer Steve Macdonald Cinematographer
First release June 14, 2016 · Produced in Australia
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Gecko Films Pty. Ltd.
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Australia
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · June 14, 2016
Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
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