[3] The film follows the mixed-breed dog Hagen, who befriends 13-year old Lili and comforts her in her confusion when her mother leaves her with her strict father who has not seen her for years.

Fearful that her father will get rid of Hagen while she is away, Lili takes the dog to her music class, where his appearance causes chaos.

Instead, Lili strikes out with Hagen into the city, but they are found by her father, who left work to look for them after the music teacher phoned him.

Lili's father is embarrassed by the incident, and in his anger, he drives Hagen to the outskirts of the city and abandons him on the side of the road.

However, the man sells Hagen to a dog fighting ring, where he is chained, starved, and trained to kill.

Arriving to pick her up, her father breaks into tears and admits that he was wrong to get rid of Hagen and that while he does not understand the now-teenage Lili, he still loves her.

Her father rushes from the building armed with a blowtorch to defend his daughter, but instead, Lili plays Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No.

The website's critical consensus reads, "White God isn't an easy watch, but its soaring ambition and powerful acting — human and canine alike — make it well worth the effort.