Heart of a Dog (2024): Cast & Plot

In Moscow in 1924, a desperate winter day of scavenging turns a stray dog into the focus of a sensational and unsettling experiment. A cook finds the malnourished animal and, after a bitter moment of pain, the dog is saved from a harsher fate when a skilled surgeon steps in. The dog is fed a piece of sausage, and, in a surprising turn, he is welcomed into a new life. He is given a name that feels ironic for someone who appears so far from human ambition: Sharik. The dog quickly discovers that the comfort of a pampered existence comes with the subtle burden of changing loyalties and expectations.