Movie about a man that reincarnates as a dog

plumb_pete

This one is really killing me, as I have been searching for years and can't find any info anywhere (IMDB, Google) and I would love to re-watch it. I watched this film in an international film festival years ago (between 2001 and 2004, can't remember the exact date). I remember that it was about a man that dies and reincarnates as a dog. The story follows the dog's life from that point onward. There was no goofy-dog-that-talks, it was sort of a...

Originally asked by Luciano on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

OK, the plot is kind of in reverse, but this might be it: 1998 drama State of Dogs . Set in Mongolia's capital city, Ulan Bator, the film combines documentary elements with fictional elements in the fragmented, impressionistic and dreamlike story of Baasar, a dog who dies early in the movie [...] According to Mongolian legend, a dog (who is prepared) may be reincarnated in its next life as a human, after roaming free for as long as he wants. Baasar roams the memory of his life , uninterested in advancing to a human life. Baasar's journey is narrated by a man. The film is in Mongolian, which I guess could be mistaken for Persian, and has been shown in many festivals. The entire movie is...

Full answer by Walt: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/32334 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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