Dario Russo’s The Fox Turns Talking Animals Into a Dark Relationship Fable

Dario Russo’s The Fox Turns Talking Animals Into a Dark Relationship Fable

Dario Russo takes talking animals very seriously. That’s why in The Fox, Russo’s first feature film, the woodland creatures’ ability to speak is treated as the most ordinary part of the movie. Russo’s particular vision for the magical realism comedy that had its world premiere at South by Southwest 2026 was to present a cautionary tale about what happens when you think you can change someone instead of working on yourself. Russo previously worke…