Dogtooth

A hyper-stylized mixture of physical violence and verbal comedy, Dogtooth is a darkly funny look at three teenagers confined to their parents’ isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen — an inscrutable scenario that suggests a warped experiment in social conditioning and control. Terrorized into submission by their father, the children spend their days devising their own games and learning an invented vocabulary (a salt shaker is a “telephone,” an armchair is “the sea”) — until a trusted outsider, brought in to satisfy the son’s libidinal urges, starts offering forbidden VHS tapes in return for sexual favors.

“The most original, challenging, and perverse film of the year so far, Giorgos Lanthimos's artfully rigorous treatise on human conditioning can be viewed as absurdist horror or the cruelest of comedies.” (Aaron Hillis, Village Voice)

An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

“Dogtooth isn't for everybody, but it will delight the adventurous.” (V.A. Musetto, New York Post)

FESTIVAL/AWARD HIGHLIGHTS
Best Film, Best Director, Best Script,
Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Film Editing
Greek Film Academy Awards
Prize Un Certain Regard, Cannes International Film Festival
Special Jury Award, Sarajevo Film Festival
Best Film Award, Stockholm International Film Festival
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection, London Film Festival
Official Selection, New Directors/New Films