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Dogtooth
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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
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 270437
- Official website
- www.dogtooth.gr
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- title
- Κυνόδοντας
- publication date
- 2009-05-18
- review score
- 73/100
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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.