What drives people to pit animals against each other? In addition to dogs, roosters, crickets and fish also enter the ring. The audience knows that the fight will end fatally. THE BEAST WITHIN follows four people in their everyday lives, shows how they devote themselves to their animals with great dedication, care for them elaborately and prepare them for the fight, lets them talk about their passion and their hope to win. A cinematic search for clues that is on the trail of our martial instincts.
Dog fights and other blood sports are banned in most countries, but they still are practiced widely in alleyways and backyards around the world.
What drives people to pit animals against each other? In addition to dogs, roosters, crickets and fish also enter the ring. The audience knows that the fight will end fatally.
THE BEAST WITHIN follows four people in their everyday lives, shows how they devote themselves to their animals with great dedication, care for them elaborately and prepare them for the fight, lets them talk about their passion and their hope to win. A cinematic search for clues that is on the trail of our martial instincts.