Dogtooth
2009 · directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Rating
- 79/100
- Hit
- no
- Prestige lists
- Criterion
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
Dogtooth (2009), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Christos Stergioglou
- Michele Valley
- Hristos Passalis
- Angeliki Papoulia
- Mary Tsoni
- Anna Kalaitzidou
- Steve Krikris
- Sissi Petropoulou
- Alexander Voulgaris
Crew
- Thimios Bakatakis — Director of Photography
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis — Editor
- Grégoire Hetzel — Original Music Composer
- Efthimis Filippou — Screenplay
- Yorgos Lanthimos — Screenplay
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