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Dogtooth
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Dogtooth, originally titled Κυνόδοντας, is a 2009 Greek film directed, produced, and co-written by Yorgos Lanthimos, with Efthimis Filippou also credited as screenwriter, starring Christos Stergioglou, Angeliki Papoulia, and Marie Tsoni. Its main subjects are incest and social isolation, and it was filmed in Greece with editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis. Made by the Greek Film Centre, Boo Productions, and Horsefly Productions, it is categorised as a drama and LGBTQ-related film.
The film participated in the 22nd European Film Awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. It ran 98 minutes, had a budget of 275,000, and earned a revenue of 110,248.
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7.0Three 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.
Cast
- Christos Stergioglou as Father
- Michele Valley as Mother
- Hristos Passalis as Son
- Angeliki Papoulia as Older Daughter
- Mary Tsoni as Younger Daughter
- Anna Kalaitzidou as Christina
Themes
- hostage
- paranoia
- dysfunctional family
- incest
- mental illness
- tooth
- sexual awakening
- fantasy world
- isolated house
- home education
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Key facts
- Greek
- Κυνόδοντας
- Directed by
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Written by
- Yorgos Lanthimos Efthymis Filippou
- Produced by
- Iraklis Mavroidis Athina Rachel Tsangari Yorgos Tsourgiannis
- Starring
- Christos Stergioglou Michelle Valley Angeliki Papoulia Christos Passalis Mary Tsoni Anna Kalaitzidou
- Cinematography
- Thimios Bakatakis
- Edited by
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Production company
- Boo Productions
- Distributed by
- Feelgood Entertainment
- Release dates
- 18 May 2009 ( 2009-05-18 ) ( Cannes ) 11 November 2009 ( 2009-11-11 ) (Greece)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Budget
- €250,000
- Box office
- $1.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 22nd European Film Awards
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- Greece
- Original language
- Greek
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Screenwriter
- Efthimis Filippou
- Producer
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Filming location
- Greece
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 270437
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.dogtooth.gr
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- title
- Κυνόδοντας
- publication date
- 2009-05-18
- film editor
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 73/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Dogtooth (Greek: Κυνόδοντας, romanized: Kynodontas) is a 2009 Greek absurdist psychological drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, the film is about a husband and wife (Christos Stergioglou and Michelle Valley) who keep their children (Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, and Mary Tsoni) ignorant of the world outside their property well into adulthood.
Dogtooth is Lanthimos's third feature film. It won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
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