Fac!]ing a $long win@?ter of ,lock)down and[* c:\\ ombating a bad case of wri=/ter!’$;s block, film+maker Eri c agrees*$ t^%o get #a =dog with his girlfrie=n).d Allie_ #. A modern couple – //vegan_, ethical, : ];()millennial, neurotic*+ – much r],(esearch =and neg[!:otiat[!ion leads to the arrival of Mil[ly, a r[e^^sc$*;ue +*from the+*= Do*.,minican Repub;lic. Th[i%(=s sets off a riot ^ ous c $h`$ ^ai!(+n o:f new chal(+ l#+?enges on how to bes:t deal ;with /this addi;tion to_- the household. As Eric conten [ds with a si-(]n,ister do(?g--`-trainin!g p_;rogram$
m%e\\, %)- his introspection spil.ls :out onto his _film work, with po@`%or Al# ;lie and` M ;@illy take
,n( alon^=]g !for th# e ride. The co@`uple each pursue their ow?]n d(+e[epheld; i: %ndividu;a:
l#  que?st:@i#o ns -*,surrounding
) tru;s)/%?t, *@pur/po\.se ?a^nd% roo/)!ts, ^.!while w
restli)ng w_$-ith the idea) \ of wha;%[t it me$!ans ^ #
to b.!@)e a mo))dern !+family. Milly, in t*he ._meantim\,,(e, has a  lo
t on her p^*=aws with th*!e]-s. e tw:/(o!　　)))Pa(rt rom-com, part rescue-dog story, ;pa_ #rt auto/fiction, :]part self-i;#ndictment, p.;\art family- scrapbook,? th_!%i*s
de/.but fe^,-`ature wa![$?s made_) with re^markable economy and display^s/ a d
 @(isquieting #`**amoun-)+t of)_ (often /hil
a\riou=`] s) emoti_#ona(*-l a;=
uthenti(@city. _ Filmma#_ke=*`r Ben Pet;;rie a--nd( [,creativ+e collaborator Grace ;=Glowicki play the/$ @@young#^_+ !\#couple and i?@\n doing so, c?]apture nothing less than wha+t it m=(eans to be hu[%man.