Dogs

Summary

Set during a hot summer in Uruguay, Perros follows the Saldaña family, who are entrusted with looking after the elegant home of their wealthier neighbors, the Pernas, while they are away. With the keys—and the freedom that comes with an apparently empty house—the Saldañas decide to enjoy the property as if it were their own. What begins as a playful holiday fantasy gradually becomes a risky trespass into another family’s lifestyle, exposing both the attraction of privilege and the resentment created by social inequality. The situation takes a darker and more chaotic turn when the Pernas’ dog unexpectedly disappears. The missing pet brings the two families into direct conflict, forcing them to confront questions of responsibility, trust, and entitlement. As suspicion grows, the house becomes less a place of escape than a pressure cooker in which old tensions and unspoken judgments surface. At the center are the members of the Saldaña family, whose improvised taste of luxury reveals their hopes, frustrations, and shifting loyalties, and the Pernas, whose absent presence still governs the household and its rules. The dog serves as the catalyst for the families’ confrontation, transforming an apparently minor incident into a test of their relationships and social boundaries. Blending summer atmosphere with mounting unease, Perros explores class division, envy, belonging, and the fragile line between harmless fantasy and genuine transgression without reducing either family to simple heroes or villains.