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Messi (dog)
Messi (born 4 April 2016) is a French Border Collie dog actor, best known for his role as Snoop in the 2023 film ''Anatomy of a Fall'', for which he won multiple awards, including the Palm Dog Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Early life and family Messi is owned by dog trainer Laura Martin Contini, who adopted him from a neighbor when he was a puppy. Named after Argentine football player Lionel Messi, he was the first dog that Contini trained for cinema. Messi lives with Contini in a suburb outside of Paris, France. Career In 2023, Messi made his film debut playing the role of Snoop in Justine Triet's legal drama ''Anatomy of a Fall'', for which he won the Palm Dog Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, with the jury stating that Messi's performance "covers the gambit... one of the best we've ever seen." Triet told ''The Hollywood Reporter'' that Messi's character "was not just another character or some animal running around [but] as much a part of the film's ensembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon (company)
NEON Rated, LLC, trade name, doing business as Neon (stylized in all caps), is an American independent film Filmmaking#Production, production and film distribution, distribution company founded in 2017 by CEO Tom Quinn and Tim League, who also was the co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. As of 2019, League is no longer involved with daily operations for the company. Its first film, ''Colossal (film), Colossal'', was released in 2017. The company became known for distributing such notable films as ''I, Tonya'' (2017), ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'' (2019), ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019), ''Palm Springs (2020 film), Palm Springs'' (2020), ''Flee (film), Flee'' (2021), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''The Worst Person in the World (film), The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), ''Triangle of Sadness'' (2022), ''Anatomy of a Fall'' (2023), ''Anora'' (2024), ''Longlegs'' (2024), ''The Seed of the Sacred Fig'' (2024), and ''The Monkey (film), The Monkey'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |