
Straw Dogs
In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.
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11/25/1971Runtime
116 minsOverview
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
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EnglishBudget
$2,200,000Revenue
$3,251,794Homepage
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A slow-burn descent into brutality that traces how civilized restraint collapses under sustained humiliation and violence. Deeply discomfiting and morally murky, it interrogates the thin line between victim and aggressor.
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