''Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?'' ( es, ¿No oyes ladrar los perros?, and also known as ''Ignacio'') is a 1975 Mexican

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directed by

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. It was entered into the

1975 Cannes Film Festival The 28th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 May 1975. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Chronique des Années de Braise'' by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. In 1975, a new section, "Les Yeux fertiles", which was non-competitive, was introduced. This ...

. The film is based on a short story, " ¿No oyes ladrar los perros?", written by

Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...

and collected in '' El Llano en llamas''. The short story tells the tale of an old man carrying his wounded (criminal) son on his back in search of help. Meanwhile, he tells his son about what his future life will be like. The film intercuts between the story of the man and his child and the possible future of the child as a young indigenous man looking for work in Mexico City.

Cast

* Ahui Camacho as young Ignacio * Aurora Clavel * Ana De Sade *

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* Salvador Gómez as adolescent Ignacio? * Juan Ángel Martínez *

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* Patrick Penn * Salvador Sánchez as El Padre de Ignacio

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed, performed, and produced by Vangelis.

Track list

# Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ? Part 1 – 20:42 # Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ? Part 2 – 17:45

References

External links

* 1975 films 1975 drama films Mexican drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by François Reichenbach Films scored by Vangelis 1970s Mexican films {{1970s-drama-film-stub