PET SHOP DAYS
synopsis
In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.
international title: | Pet Shop Days |
original title: | Pet Shop Days |
country: | United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Olmo Schnabel |
film run: | 110' |
screenplay: | Olmo Schnabel, Galen Core, Jack Irv |
cast: | Jack Irv, Darío Yazbek Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Emmanuelle Seigner, Camille Rowe, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Sarafyan, Jordi Mollà, Grace Brennan, Maribel Verdú |
cinematography by: | Hunter Zimny |
film editing: | Sophie Corra |
art director: | Madeline Sadowski |
costumes designer: | Bruno Dicorcia, Holly McClintock |
music: | Eli Keszler |
producer: | Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Galen Core, Olmo Schnabel |
production: | Memo Films, Twin Productions (US) |