''Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?'' (, and also known as ''Ignacio'') is a 1975 Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

François Reichenbach François Arnold Reichenbach (3 July 1921 – 2 February 1993) was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft ...

. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. 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 the ...

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 * Tamara Garina * Salvador Gómez as adolescent Ignacio? * Juan Ángel Martínez * Gastón Melo * Patrick Penn *

Salvador Sánchez Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and ''The Ring'' featherweight champion from 1980 ...

as El Padre de Ignacio

Soundtrack

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

Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (, ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; , ), was a Greek musician, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He composed ...

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 Films with screenplays by Carlos Fuentes Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Juan Rulfo {{1970s-drama-film-stub