Dogtooth
Before embracing English-language productions with THE LOBSTER (2015), THE FAVOURITE (2018) and POOR THINGS (2023), Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos scored his international breakthrough with this absurdist drama about a deeply dysfunctional Greek family. Christos Stergioglou and Michele Valley play strictly controlling parents who raise their three children in domestic prison, shielded from the outside world, until adolescent sexual curiosity leads them to mutiny, incest and violence. Shot with great visual brio, this Cannes prizewinner is boldly surreal and hypnotically weird, garnering an Oscar nomination and approving words from David Lynch.
Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia
- Notes From Lukas DhontI remember thinking: This film feels like it’s inventing something. Reinterpreting and reframing words. I felt fluid afterward. A film shock, a recalibration at the start of my own film journey. The absurdity of violence, of power, of control. With one of my favorite dance sequences of all time.
