Killing of a Sacred Deer
'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' is humane and satirical, horrifying and hilarious.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. From writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, and Alicia Silverstone.
SACRED DEER is a thriller brimming with unsettling humor and creeping dread, steeped in Greek tragedy, existential horror, Hitchcockian psychodrama, and riveting suspense. Darting confidently between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, SACRED DEER firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of world-class auteurs and marks him as a cinematic provocateur without precedent.
SACRED DEER is a thriller brimming with unsettling humor and creeping dread, steeped in Greek tragedy, existential horror, Hitchcockian psychodrama, and riveting suspense. Darting confidently between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, SACRED DEER firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of world-class auteurs and marks him as a cinematic provocateur without precedent.
Genre
Drama,
Horror,
Music
Runtime
116
Language
English
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast
Alicia Silverstone,
Nicole Kidman,
Colin Farrell,
Sunny Suljic,
Barry Keoghan
Awards:
Winner, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Adam Graham, Detroit News
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is a darkly comic, deeply disturbing, dastardly twisted psychological thriller that crawls under your skin and infects from the inside out. It comes from writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, whose work — including last year’s “The Lobster” — shows a fractured take on ...
Played at
Claremont 5 11.10.17 - 11.21.17
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