Under the Tree (Undir trénu). Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, 2017.
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Edition screened: Eureka Montage Blu-ray, released 2019. Icelandic language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 89 minutes.
Summary: Prevailing sense of animal endangerment.
Details: This movie is about a feud between two neighboring suburban couples, one with a cat and the other with a dog. Impending harm to the animals is telegraphed from the beginning and I found myself distracted from other aspects of the film, just waiting to get the animal abuse over with. Both couples prove to be crazy and ruthless, and anything could have been possible.
Bottom line for the dog: We eventually see him abducted and taken to a vet to be euthanized. He then is discovered in taxidermy form on the front porch of the house, to the horror of his family.
Bottom line for the cat: The cat is the first to disappear and is absent for most of the film with no indication of what happened. The last shot of the movie shows him strolling across the yard, home safe.
No actual torment or violence to either animal is shown.