Director and protagonist Róbert Lakatos yearns for nothing more deeply than a chance to let his dog, a Hungarian Kuvasz named Talpas, procreate. Alas, that's not all. Acting under the presumption that the national identity of a person is reflected in the breed of their dog, he would like to start a breeding programme for the Transylvanian-Hungarian sheepdog. This clever satire uses encounters between different canine breeds and their breeders to shed light on the political conflict between Transylvania's Hungarian minority population and its Romanian-majority society.
Director and protagonist Róbert Lakatos yearns for nothing more deeply than a chance to let his dog, a Hungarian Kuvasz named Talpas, procreate. Alas, that's not all. Acting under the presumption that the national identity of a person is reflected in the breed of their dog, he would like to start a breeding programme for the Transylvanian-Hungarian sheepdog. This clever satire uses encounters between different canine breeds and their breeders to shed light on the political conflict between Transylvania's Hungarian minority population and its Romanian-majority society.
