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Fac$ ]ing a long winter  ! of lockdo]!wn and comb.\ating a bad case of wri_/ter’s _block,? f$ilmmaker Eric agr?#ees t*( o get a dog w/=+;i #th his$ girlfriend Alli e!* . A modern couple [!-– vegan+=, (!;ethical, mille.`nn@\ial, ^ neu?(r :ot!ic – @/muc(::.h, resear.ch and nego]tiation leads to? the$= a:r:_^rival^ of Milly, a r/!esc +@*ue from :th]e =_ Dom\inic. an Re^pu,+blic. This sets o# ff  ]a rio=,tous chain of new c/^ ;h,alleng-.es on ;]how to#? be)!?st de
=al@ with t his addition @-_to the hous@+ehold. A`s Eric conten-=$ds /(with a sinister dog-trainin *g] progra\=mme, hi(
@+s introspecti]on spill)s out!$ onto+[ his film w^`o[rk[@, w ith poor Allie and Milly taken alo=:\ng for the ride..! !^ The couple- each pursue their own deepheld individual +qu.;+-estio+/]ns surrounding trust, pur+?_
pos.e[/ and r#oots, wh[+ile wr$ estli `=ng +]*wit\h t,he idea o`f what it means to be a modern fami?,-ly.]+! Mill/+!+y], ^:in the mea$n?,time, has a /
lot on her p;?aws w.th !:th;es.]#e two^/!^+)　　-Par(*]t rom(-c=.om, #`part
,rescu./e-dog story)@, part autofiction, part:= :self-in .dic\tmen@!?t, =%part family s $^cra(_ pbook, t[+ his d,ebut feature was m$? ade =!w!it`h r++emarkable e$(conom]%y$ and displ+*ays a d$isqui+((e[ting amount o$\f (often !hilari +o^:us/,) emotional authenticity. Film-\m:aker Ben (_[Pe ^%tr=\i_e and
creative coll(!aborator Grace Glo:wicki play the young c-ouple.: and 
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^ n doing so, c aptu!#re [_nothing_$*: *)=less than  what it#( me_ans /to be human.