What works well for this film is that it has weird written all over it from the plot to the acting to the stylistic choices to the absurdist humor, everything calls for discomfort. The kind of discomfort we all need from time to time to be shaken into thinking about our lived realities.
Title: Dogtooth
Year: 20009
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematographer: Thimios Bakatakis
Producer: Iraklis Mavroidis; Athina Rachel Tsangari; Yorgos Tsourianis
Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
Cast: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Christos Passalis, Anna Kalaitzidou
Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridi
Runtime: 1hr 37m
Genre: Drama Thriller
Rating: IMDB 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Awards: Prix Un Certain Regard, Prix de la Jeunesse [2009, Cannes], Dublin Film Critics Award [2009, Dublin International Film Award], and more.
