Billy and Buddy

Billy and Buddy (Boule & Bill, 2013) — watch online the French-Belgian family comedy directed by Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier. Seven-year-old Billy lives in the Paris suburbs with a shock of red hair and one straightforward ambition: find a dog. Buddy is a stray cocker spaniel whose fur is the same shade of copper. They meet in a park. The matter is settled immediately.

The film is based on Jean Roba's comic strip, which has been running since the late 1950s and has sold over fifty million copies across Europe. Franck Dubosc and Marina Foïs play the parents who signed up for a pet and got a permanent household disaster instead. Charlot and Magnier keep the comedy warm without turning it into a lesson — a harder balance in family films than it looks. Stream Billy and Buddy online on iFILM.