Description

David, jeune mathématicien, fuit l’Amérique et son atmosphère orageuse. Il émigre en Cornouailles où il est confronté dès son arrivée à l’agressivité des autochtones. Atteint dans ses convictions, il aura lui aussi recours a une violence qu’il combat.

Titre : Straw Dogs

Synopsis : 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.

Informations sur la sortie : 1971-12-23

Note : 7.146/10