Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs

When a small village park is threatened by new apartment buildings, a group of kids and their gang of dog band together to fight for its survival. An R&A experience for the whole family, with Finnish subtitles!

Director
Edmunds Jansons
Starring
Eduards Olekts, Nora Džumā, Andris Keišs
Country
Latvia, Poland
Languages
Latvian
Subtitles
Finnish
Age limit
S
Duration
70 min
Keywords
Animals, For the whole family, Urban spaces, Feelgood, Relationship with nature, Youth, Subtitled/spoken in Finnish
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Please note the film does not have English dialogue or subtitles!

Will an imaginative boy, his know-it-all girl cousin and a pack of talking dogs save their romantic neighborhood from unwelcome change?

Jacob lives in the city and dreams of becoming an architect like his busy dad. He spends a lot of time drawing buildings and daydreaming while his father is at work. One day dad needs to go away on business for longer than usual and Jacob has to spend the whole week with his bossy cousin Mimmi and her ex-pirate father Eagle in Riga’s historical suburb called Maskachka. As soon as Jacob arrives, it turns out that the local park is about to be transformed into new skyscrapers by a greedy businessman. Jacob and Mimmi decide to stop the development. It turns out that they can only do it with the help of a pack of local dogs that… can talk!

Year
2019
Original name
Jēkabs, Mimmi un runājošie suņi
Distributor
New Europe Film Sales
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