Marcello Fonte won the best-actor award in Cannes for his performance in “Dogman,” Matteo Garrone’s film about a mild-mannered dog groomer (and part-time drug dealer) who finally gets tired of being ...

Punky swipes his credcube over the food cart’s paystalk then gestures for a footlong hotdog. Dogman sees Punky through dreamy mists. The credcube registers and unlocks his crankshaft. Dogman’s ...

The angry canine is bearing its teeth, barking loudly and ready to bite. Marcello (Marcello Fonte), however, isn’t the least bit phased. A dog groomer who plies his trade in a small beachside town in ...

A version of this story on “Dogman” first appeared in the Foreign Language Issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. Marcello Fonte won the best-actor award in Cannes for his performance in “Dogman,” Matteo ...

Dir: Matteo Garrone; Starring: Marcello Fonte, Eduardo Pesce, Alida Baleari Calabria. Cert tbc, 102 mins. Dogman sounds like he could be a superhero, but he’s actually more of a crossbreed. Twist up ...