Laurie Anderson's film Heart of a Dog was released in cinemas across the United States last year and in Ireland and the UK earlier this year to critical acclaim, with the New York Times including it among the year's best films and the Times of London calling it "a work of mastery: thought-provoking, smart and incredibly moving." The film will have its Italian cinematic release next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 13 and 14. Anderson—who is currently a juror at the Venice Film Festival—will preview the film in two screenings at Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan this Sunday, September 11, at which she will also perform; dogs are welcome. For this release, Anderson has dubbed the film into the Italian herself. The soundtrack, which is the full audio recording of the film, including all spoken text in Italian, is out digitally today on Nonesuch Records, available on iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store.

To find out where the film is showing in theaters across Italy, visit nexodigital.it.

Anderson was recently featured on the cover of D magazine from La Repubblica and spoke with IO Donna from Corriere della Sera about the film, an exhibition of her work now showing in Naples, and her role on the Venice Film Festival jury.

Anderson was commissioned by the European TV network Arte to create a feature film-her first in 30 years. Her response was the personal essay that is Heart of a Dog, a work encompassing joy and heartbreak, at the heart of which is a lament for her late beloved dog Lolabelle. You can watch the Italian film trailer below.

In addition to Anderson's inimitably thoughtful narration, Heart of a Dog includes musical excerpts from several of her pieces—"The Lake" and "Flow" from Homeland (2010), "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" from Bright Red (1994), "Rhumba Club" from Life on a String (2001), excerpts from Landfall (2011) with Kronos Quartet—as well as the film's closing song "Turning Time Around," written and performed by Anderson's late husband, Lou Reed.