Dogs Don't Wear Pants

Dogs Don't Wear Pants is a 2019 Finnish erotic black comedy film directed by . It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Seven years after his wife tragically drowned, heart surgeon Juha finds himself emotionally distant as he raises his teenage daughter Elli alone. He uses a dress and perfume belonging to his wife while masturbating. When a chance encounter with Mona, a dominatrix, brings him closer than ever before to feeling something again, he finds himself entering the world of BDSM. He enjoys being asphyxiated as this causes him to have hallucinations of being under water with his wife. His initial encounter appears non-consensual, with little negotiation between the two. However, Mona gives him a ball to hold when strangling him, so if he starts to lose consciousness the ball will drop and she will know to stop. He gives the woman his wife's dress and perfume to wear. Juha walks away from his work at a hospital smashing a door when his pass card fails to work. He fails to go to his daughter's concert in favour of seeing Mona. He tricks her into continuing the asphyxiation for too long and he passes out. She gives first aid and calls an ambulance (she is a physical therapist by day, so she has medical training). Juha's daughter arrives at the hospital, distressed. Her father says he saw her mother and tells her to leave. A work colleague tells him the Board is concerned about his behaviour and want to do a psychological evaluation on him. Whilst this conversation takes place, Juha pulls his own damaged thumb nail off.