Les Chiens de paille

Cornwall countryside, autumn, a broken fence. A American academic and his English wife face local hostility, old flames, and escalating threats. Peckinpah frames masculinity as a brittle construct.

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Sam Peckinpah directed Les Chiens de paille in 1971. See Sam Peckinpah's full filmography, where to start with Sam Peckinpah, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sam Peckinpah.

Les Chiens de paille was released in 1971 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.