Overview:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.| Status: | Released (2015-10-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 33 wins & 84 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $9,077,245 |
| Screen: | Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou |
| Productions: | Scarlet Films, Haut et Court, Eurimages, Lemming Film, Element Pictures, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Greek Film Centre, Faliro House Productions, Limp, Film4 Productions, Protagonist Pictures |
| Production Countries: | France, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français, ελληνικά |
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Casts
- 72466: Colin Farrell - David
- 3293: Rachel Weisz - Short Sighted Woman
- 39187: Olivia Colman - Hotel Manager
- 121529: Léa Seydoux - Loner Leader
- 17078: Michael Smiley - Loner Swimmer
- 235125: Ariane Labed - The Maid
- 4764: John C. Reilly - Lisping Man
Crews
- 122423: Yorgos Lanthimos - Director - Directing
- 19931: Caroline Benjo - Associate Producer - Production
- 62181: Rory Gilmartin - Executive Producer - Production
- 17426: Simon Arnal - Associate Producer - Production
- 2859765: Milan Ueffing - Associate Producer - Production
- 1140266: Christos Voudouris - Thanks - Crew
- 3636411: Vasilis Marmatakis - Graphic Designer - Art
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Reviews
Reno
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> Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future. From the director of the Oscars nominated movie 'Dogtooth'. If you are familiar with his signature movie, you will find it so good. This is not the best movie I had seen that set in the future, but like any other it was another ....
Continue reading ->talisencrw
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This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relationships, due to a couple of bad ones I had within a short period of time in the early 2000's. It was very intriguing to see a type of dystopia exist in which 'singledom' was so vilified to ....
Continue reading ->mattwilde123
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This was Yorgos Lanthimos' English language debut. It was really funny. All of the actors had to perform their lines straight-faced and with no emotion which is very strange at first. The screenplay and direction of the film was very intelligent and perfectly highlights the themes ....
Continue reading ->Nathan
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_The Lobster_ is the most awkward love story I have ever watched, but despite how off putting it was it touched me in ways I did not quite expect. The plot of this film is incredibly unique. The idea of being turned into an animal if you cannot find love is so weird in the best kind ....
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