Poodle () is a 1979 Spanish drama film written directed by Bigas Luna. It stars ÃÂngel Jové, Consol Tura, and Linda Pérez Gallardo.
The plot follows siblings Bernardo and EloÃÂsa, living in a rickety mansion in Barcelona with the poodle Dany, with Bernardo being jealous of the attention the dog receives from EloÃÂsa, who treats the poodle as if it were a person. Bored in the building, they engage into the activity of butchering, penetrating, and eating stray dogs.
Bigas Luna retrospectively acknowledged that shooting the film was not a good experience for his then wife Consol Tura.
The film screened in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar section of the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 8 June 1979.
The film landed a mixed reception. It also proved to be controversial, featuring polemic bestiality scenes.
Jesús Fernández Santos of El PaÃÂs lamented that the film never manages to take flight, and the story "never becomes sarcastic, nor does the anecdote transcend beyond the noirish tale to take on authentic dramatic status".
Also reviewing for El PaÃÂs, Luis MartÃÂnez wrote that Biga Luna builds an "accurate profile of vomit" that "becomes something internal, dense, almost tangible, both metaphor and insult".