Film

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

2025 · 1h 38m · Drama

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

74

Eight-year-old Bobo grows up on her family farm in Rhodesia in 1980 during the final days of the Bush War to end British colonial rule. Her eyes see conflict, the family's bond to the land, and the lasting wounds that war imprints on those who live through it.

Lexi Venter

Bobo Fuller

Embeth Davidtz

Nicola Fuller

Zikhona Bali

Sarah

Fumani Shilubana

Jacob

Rob van Vuuren

Tim Fuller

Anina Reed

Vanessa Fuller

Albert Pretorius

Anton

Ronnie Mkwanazi

Samuel

Ricardo Genesis

Lucky

Judy Ditchfield

Grandmother

Peter Terry

Grandfather

Pumla Ndlazi

Maggie

Andreas Damm

Brightlight

Lexey Anne Wild

Baby Olivia

Lilah Rose Wild

Baby Olivia

Tessa Jubber

Aunt Sannie

• Embeth DavidtzDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Helena SpringProducer
• Paul BuysProducer
• Anele MadodaExecutive Producer
• Frankie Du ToitExecutive Producer
• Willie NelDirector of Photography
• Chris LetcherOriginal Music Composer
• Nicholas CostarasEditor

Official TrailerThrough a child’s eyes

Release date

July 11, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Revenue

$636,652

Genres

Drama