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a lo\*=ng$: win `ter-/ of] loc %;!kd own a[`nd  combating a bad  #case o%_ f writer’s blo
;?c`k, filmmaker Eric .?agrees to ]get a dog+#, with his;@ girlfriend A .ll?!ie_\. A modern c(?ou#
ple – vegan, eth/$ic,-al,:] mi``ll .enni^,al, neurotic%^ –# much research ]%and negotiation lea:
. +ds to the arri]]val of Milly, a resc,- ue from \ t#he Domin_.ican Republic( . ]T-his sets off] a ri\/_(otous chain of n`_ew % challeng`es o
n ho`+w to\ @best +[[d+@eal !=with+ this\ addi`tion_
$ to the `$household. A#//s Eric co ntends with )!a! sin/ )i`:ster dog(-tra=
-ining programme, +his int #rospection spills out onto his @f=il(m wor\$k,\_ w-\ith po\o`_r Allie- / a/@nd Mill)y 
tak#;:en along` f/!or t!]h#![e ri$de. The couple each *$p/)u@rsue their own dee@`\p\he%!ld in-=.dividual questions surroundi_ng -
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trust, purpose and roots, while_ w.restli=( ng with ?$t]:he ide/(a of wh+at it means to be] a modern f+]amily. ::Mil-_ly, in the meantime, ha;]s a[%/ lot \)on her paws wit +[h these (two!　　 %Par`t rom-com,
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\cue`;-do,g st;;ory,[. part$ autofic:,tio*@:n, pa `rt self-in*dictment, par!?t family scrapbook, this debut fe.![-atu?_%re was*) made with r )em ar (kable e`[%^ conomy _an#$d di !spl,
=ays a d@isqu\#ie]%%ting amount of (often h,[+\ilarious) emo^*/tion##@al -auth[+enticity. /!\Filmmaker Ben Pe=. $ trie and creat]:,;%ive collab %]or\ator Gr\ace Glowic[-)$ki pl:ay ;the young cou@ ple an=:$d in doing so##, c
.apture no\thing less than what it means $,-to! be human.