GREECE · 2009

Dogtooth

Yorgos Lanthimos
Greek Weird Wave isolation language manipulation control and confinement family dysfunction coming of age
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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 brothe

Year2009
CountryGreece
DirectorYorgos Lanthimos
Dogtooth poster

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