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Dogtooth
- Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
- Writer: Efthymis Filippou; Giorgos Lanthimos
- Producer: Giorgos Lanthimos; Iraklis Mavroidis
CGiii Comment
An intense study of manipulation...of parental misguided altruistic cruelty.
This is not a walk in the park...rather, it's a nose to the grindstone annihilation of family values.
Some will call it self-indulgent pretension...others will see it as an intelligent comment on societal values.
Both groups are right.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 über-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission. The father is the only family member who can leave the manicured lawns of their self-inflicted exile, earning their keep by managing a nearby factory, while the only outsider allowed on the premises is his colleague Christina, who is paid to relieve the son of his male urges. Tired of these dutiful acts of carnality, Christina disturbs the domestic balance.
Cast & Characters
Christos Stergioglou as Father;
Michele Valley as Mother;
Aggeliki Papoulia as Older Daughter;
Mary Tsoni as Younger Daughter;
Hristos Passalis as Son;
Anna Kalaitzidou as Christina;
Alexander Voulgaris as Dog trainer