Dogtooth (15th Anniversary Restoration)
R | Greece | Yorgos Lanthimos | ελληνικά | 94 minutes
Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, DOGTOOTH is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Oscar-winner Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS, THE FAVOURITE, THE LOBSTER) to the forefront of contemporary cinema’s most ambitious young filmmakers.
In an effort to protect their three children from the corrupting influence of the outside world, a Greek couple transforms their home into a gated compound of cultural deprivation and strict rules of behavior. But children cannot remain innocent forever. When the father brings home a young woman to satisfy his son’s sexual urges, the family’s engineered “reality” begins to crumble, with devastating consequences. Like the haunting, dystopic visions of Michael Haneke and Gaspar Noé, DOGTOOTH punctuates its compelling drama with moments of shocking violence, creating a biting social satire that is as profound as it is provocative. With Christos Stergioglou, Hristos Passalis, Aggeliki Papoulia.
Restored in 4K from the 35mm camera and sound negatives by Boo Productions and mk2 Films at Asterisk* Post and I Hear Voices sound studio. Colour grading by Gregory Arvanitis and Thimios Bakatakis. Digital sound restoration by Landros Ntounis. The restoration process was supervised by the director, Yorgos Lanthimos.
“By far the most original film I’ve seen in a long time.” (John Waters)
“… brilliant, disturbing and often frighteningly funny.” (The Guardian)
““By turns hilarious, macabre and baffling.” (New York Times)
“A Stunner! Perfectly perverse.” (Time Out New York)
“The father, the mother and their three kids live at the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house. The kids have never been outside that fence. They are being educated, entertained, bored and exercised in the manner that their parents deem appropriate, without any influence from the outside world. They believe that the airplanes flying over are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers. The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. She works as a security guard at the father’s business. The father arranges her visits to the house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son. The whole family is fond of her, especially the eldest daughter. One day Christina gives her as a present a headband that has stones that glow in the dark and asks for something in return.”
Friday, July 25
Doors 8:15 pm | Movie 8:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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DOGTOOTH (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009 / 94 mins / R / Greek w/EST) A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound. The children are bored to tears in spite of distractions like Christina, an employee of their father’s who makes regular visits to sexually service the son. Increasingly curious about the outside world, the older daughter hatches a plan to escape.
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- Budget$275,000.00
- Revenue$110,248.00
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