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Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) delivers with his solo directorial debut "a masterpiece that simultaneously disgusts, dismays and fascinates." (filmstarts.com) A pair of parents isolate their children from the outside world and raise them in an isolated house. In the process, they impart a distorted view of the world to the three youngsters. The world behind the garden hedge is supposedly an evil and dangerous place, and new meanings are ascribed to familiar everyday terms. Family life is characterized by emotionless discipline and the innocently perverse games of the three siblings, who use them to pass the time. "The masterpiece of the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos is a bitterly surrealistic parable from the homeland." (rollingstone.com)

Keywords

  • Cannes: Un Certain Regard
  • Festival de Cannes
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  • LuxFilmFest
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  • family
  • freedom
  • parenthood
  • the edge

Actors

  • Christos Stergioglou
  • Aggeliki Papoulia
  • Christos Passalis
  • Michele Valley
  • Anna Kalaintzidou
  • Mary Tsoni

Director

  • Yorgos Lanthimos

Drama, Independent


1h 36min


-16

GREEK


DUTCH

FRENCH

Greece
2009
Trailer
Yorgos Lanthimos' highly acclaimed debut won more than 20 awards.

Yorgos Lanthimos' highly acclaimed debut won more than 20 awards.


Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) delivers with his solo directorial debut "a masterpiece that simultaneously disgusts, dismays and fascinates." (filmstarts.com)


A pair of parents isolate their children from the outside world and raise them in an isolated house. In the process, they impart a distorted view of the world to the three youngsters. The world behind the garden hedge is supposedly an evil and dangerous place, and new meanings are ascribed to familiar everyday terms. Family life is characterized by emotionless discipline and the innocently perverse games of the three siblings, who use them to pass the time.


"The masterpiece of the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos is a bitterly surrealistic parable from the homeland." (rollingstone.com)

Festivals

Festival de Cannes

Festival de Cannes

CPH:PIX

CPH:PIX

International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Viennale

Viennale

Filmfest München

Filmfest München

Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

Cannes - Un certain regard

Cannes - Un certain regard

Cinemamed

Cinemamed

Cast & Crew

yorgos-lanthimos

Director

Yorgos Lanthimos

christos-stergioglou

Cast

Christos Stergioglou

aggeliki-papoulia

Cast

Aggeliki Papoulia

christos-passalis

Cast

Christos Passalis

michele-valley

Cast

Michele Valley

anna-kalaintzidou

Cast

Anna Kalaintzidou

mary-tsoni

Cast

Mary Tsoni


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