Dogtooth (2009)

Original title

Κυνόδοντας

Directed by

Yorgos Lanthimos

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2,624 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A husband and wife raise their children in total isolation on their property. The children are kept ignorant of the outside world and follow strict rules set by their parents.

unsettlingclaustrophobicabsurdcontrolledeeriedeadpandisturbingslow-burn

What happens

Dogtooth (Greek: Κυνόδοντας, romanized: Kynodontas) is a 2009 Greek absurdist psychological drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, the film is about a husband and wife (Christos Stergioglou and Michelle Valley) who keep their children (Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, and Mary Tsoni) ignorant of the world outside their property well into adulthood. Dogtooth is Lanthimos's third feature film. It won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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