Manhattan Odyssey

Jacob once famous but now retired seventyyearold actor is looking for a dogwalker for his adorable little black schnauzer Mitzy that he obsessively loves more than anything else in the world Out of all the candidates he picks Daniel seemingly the least suitable for the job a young loser immersed in virtual games Jacob teaches him the ancient art of dog walking the lessons are a funny absurd mixture of memory history and fantasy Manhattan Odyssey is an unusual love story between two men a woman and a dog if it is love story at all It leads us from an everyday activity such as a dog walking to the liminal space of the human animal becoming either animal or human