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Dogtooth
GREECE · 2009

Dogtooth

Yorgos Lanthimos
isolation language manipulation control and confinement family dysfunction coming of age
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Synopsis

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

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