A Man and His Dog (Un homme et son chien)

Francis Huster directed the 2008 French-Italian drama Un homme et son chien, released internationally as A Man and His Dog. It remakes Vittorio De Sica's 1952 film Umberto D., built on a story by Cesare Zavattini. Jean-Paul Belmondo stars, in his first film in seven years after recovering from a stroke; it proved to be his last before his death in 2021.

The wounded protagonist of De Sica's film becomes here an older man hurt in his love and his pride in living, played by Belmondo with Hafsia Herzi alongside him. Max von Sydow, Jean Dujardin, Antoine Duléry and Daniel Prévost are among the other names in the cast. The film runs about 94 minutes, and Huster shares the screenwriting credit with Zavattini.

It premiered on 13 November 2008 at the Sarlat Film Festival and reached French cinemas in 2009, where it did poorly: critics and audiences largely turned away, and only 165,200 people saw it in its first two weeks. The German company Degeto co-produced it, but it never opened in German cinemas and was shown in August 2010 in ARD's late-night slot.