Feher Isten (aka White God) (2014)

When her mother has to go to Australia on business, a 13 year old girl (Zsofia Psotta) is sent to stay with her estranged father (Sandor Zsofer). She brings her dog (played by two dogs, Bodie and Luke) with her. But the father dislikes dogs and when he refuses to pay the fine imposed by the government for "mongrel" dogs, he abandons the dog by the side of the road. Thus a girl's pet is found, abused and turned into a killer. The film is an allegory about the "misfits" or "unwanted" in society. For the first 90 minutes of the film, it's very realistic and animal lovers will have a difficult time with scenes of (simulated) graphic animal cruelty and abuse. The last 30 minutes leaves realism behind as it becomes almost a horror movie with the dogs getting their revenge on mankind for decades of abuse and neglect. The director Kornel Mundruczo paints himself into a corner until he has nowhere to go so he just ends the movie. That being said, the final shot (Marcell Rev did the superb cinematography) is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen in a film. Still, one can't help wonder what the film's point is. Why are we subjected to 90 minutes of animal brutality only to reach an ending that is without a catharsis or an inkling of what lies ahead?