Dogtooth (2009) Editor's Pick
Original Title: Κυνόδοντας
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Writer
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Original Language
- Greek
- Budget
- $275,000
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Editor's Comment
"A movie that supports the thoughts of psychoanalytic theorists such as Freud, Klein and Lacan, with scenes that almost wink at the world of psychology, where the mother and father manipulate the outside world with various efforts for the three children. It seems to shed light on the frustrating psychoanalytical issue of being/staying in power."
— Secil Kose
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