Dogtooth
7.1/10
Rating
98 min
Runtime
2009
Release Year
Yorgos Lanthimos
Director
Cast
Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Hristos Passalis, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni
Quick Synopsis
In a remote country estate, three teenage siblings live under the strict control of their parents, who have isolated them from the outside world. The parents enforce their own unique language by having the children listen to homemade tapes that redefine common words; for example, 'the sea' refers to a large armchair, and 'zombies' are small yellow flowers. The family has fabricated the existence of an older brother who was supposedly banished for disobedience, using this story to intimidate the teenagers and maintain strict obedience within the household.
Detailed Synopsis of Dogtooth
Three 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.
