Embarrassingly, for me it was the latter. Keep in mind that the main character is a dog, and the movie follows the dog’s entire life. Unfashionably slow, the film offers gentle observations on grief and pets (the companionship, the breed-bores new owners become, the disruption to domestic harmony and hygiene) which will no doubt have you squeezing out tears, either of boredom, or slushy emotion. As the years pass, Hachi develops a habit of following Parker to the train station in the mornings, and returning in the afternoon to walk home with his master. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale is a poignant story of animal attachment, glazed with a sporadically viscous coating of sentimentality. Gere comes into his own for the bonding: all twinkly, hard-won wisdom, flashing just a tantalising glint of misspent youth. So, man bonds picturesquely with dog before tragedy hits. It kept up a loyal vigil outside the station used by its master for a decade after he died and was commemorated with a statue. Film : Hachi : A Dogs Tale (Hatchi for French peaple)Music : Goodbye (track 21 from the Hachis soundtrack) Je nai absolument aucun droit sur les images, l. Im a huge dog lover and if your a dog lover. The dog is a Japanese Akita (which looks something like a super fluffy blow-dried German shepherd) and the story is tenuously based on that of a real dog in Tokyo in the 1920s. Loved it more when I got it myself this movie really is dogs best friend. Richard Gere (ageing with such elegance you half-expect him to appear in velvet monogrammed slippers) is a music professor who takes in a lost puppy. L asse Hallström dishes up more classy mediocrity with this brazenly uncomplicated treat for dog lovers.

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