Kynodontas (2009)

Director:

Giorgos Lanthimos

Writers:

Efthymis Filippou (writer)
Giorgos Lanthimos (writer)

Release Date:

11 November 2009 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet...

Plot Keywords:

Sexual Awakening | One Word Title | Family Life

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Christos Stergioglou	...	Father
Michelle Valley	...	Mother
Aggeliki Papoulia	...	Older Daughter
Mary Tsoni	...	Younger Daughter
Hristos Passalis	...	Son
Anna Kalaitzidou	...	Christina
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander Voulgaris	...	Dog trainer

Also Known As:

Dogtooth (International: English title)

Runtime:

Greece:94 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18

Company:

Boo Productions

One of the last Greek masterwork in Homero's language

An authoritarian voice teaches young adults that the word sea designate an object on which you can sit. In that introduction all has been said about a story speaking of different moral rules inside a family isolated. The other strange rules are weirder and wisely directed by Lanthimos which third feature is his best and can tear comparisons with Michael Haneke, Amat Escalante, Alexei Balabanov, Gela Babluani and other young filmmakers in the way they put a cold reflection on the world and its problems. One can not stop thinking of the Natasha Kampush case. But the real transcending thing of this movie and its bonus is the metatextual reference to cinema as a 'literaly' and metaphorical weapon against rules and reiteration of theses and even dialogs. This movie is clearly a masterwork and believe me when I say it will be a cult movie.