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CENTERPIECE FILM
Tuesday, July 11 7PM | WOH
Wednesday, July 12 9PM | MFC 1
Maine Premiere HANGDOG
USA 2023 - DCP - 92 minutes, in English
Director, Print Courtesy: Matt Cascella
Screenplay: Jen Cordery
Producers: Desmin Borges, Matt Cascella, Jen Cordery, Alyssa Roehrenbeck
Cast: Desmin Borges, Steve Coulter, Catherine Curtin, Matthew Delamater, Kelly O’Sullivan, Barbara Rosenblat, Kate Alde
Print courtesy: Matt Cascella
Anxiety-ridden Walt embarks on a desperate quest through Portland, Maine to retrieve his stolen dog, Tony, before his girlfriend, the more straight-laced Wendy, returns from a crucial business trip, or risk losing them both. Walt’s search is a journey as idiosyncratic and detoured as Portland itself and Walt himself, whose forlorn face more befits the “hangdog” name than the dog’s ever could. Director Matt Cascella and writer Jen Cordery have made a film that’s charming, original, and sweet in its own deliberately shaggy way. Hangdog is a real Maine-made discovery. —KE Sponsored by Barbara and Ted Alfond