Dogtooth (2009)

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Plot

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.

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Trailer Official UK trailer [Subtitled] Trailer Official US Trailer [Subtitled] Trailer 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled] Featurette Mark Kermode introduces Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth Featurette Mark Kermode reviews Dogtooth Clip Dance Scene

Cast

Christos StergioglouFather

Michele ValleyMother

Hristos PassalisSon

Angeliki PapouliaOlder Daughter

Mary TsoniYounger Daughter

Anna KalaitzidouChristina

Writers and directors

Yorgos LanthimosDirectorf. -0001

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MoHA ★ 5.0/10

Doogtooth, the official Greek entry to the 2011 Academy Awards, is nominated for Best Foreign Film. Released in 2009, and directed by Giorgos Lanthimos, Dogtooth is a strikingly original film that ca…22. Aug 2015

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Unnamed parents (Christos Stergioglou and Michele Valley) are so obsessed with their children that they have, over the years, created an walled environment in which they see nobody but each other and …4. May 2024

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r96sk ★ 9.0/10

'Dogtooth' is certainly a Yorgos Lanthimos film! On the whole, I found this fascinating. It gets quite disturbing in parts, as you'd expect from this director, but all in all it is very good. The plot…8. Feb 2025

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