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The Lobster (2015)

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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 beasts and sent off into The Woods.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacqueline Abrahams ...
Donkey Shooter
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Doctor
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Nosebleed Woman
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Hotel Manager
Anthony Dougall ...
70 Year Old Waiter
Sean Duggan ...
Guard Waiter
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Roland Ferrandi ...
Loner Leader's Father
James Finnegan ...
Bald Man
Robert Heaney ...
Restaurant Waiter
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David's Wife
Jaro ...
Bob the Dog
Ryac ...
Bob the Dog
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Biscuit Woman
Kathy Kelly ...
Police Officer 1
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A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods. Written by R. Byma

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An unconventional love story by Yorgos Lanthimos.


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Rated R for sexual content including dialogue, and some violence | See all certifications »

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28 October 2015 (France)  »

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The Lobster  »

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Box Office

Budget:

€4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$190,252 (USA) (13 May 2016)

Gross:

$8,699,235 (USA) (23 September 2016)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Colin Farrell gained 40 pounds for his role. See more »

Goofs

When David was trying to see if the other person was wearing contacts while in the woods, whenever he gave a direction to point his eye (left, right, up....etc), the other character would move his eye in the correct direction slightly before David would say which direction to look. See more »

Quotes

David: I'm going to do it with a knife.
Short Sighted Woman: Do you want me to come with you?
David: I'd rather you didn't.
Short Sighted Woman: Don't worry. It's strange at first but then you'll get used to it. The other senses are heightened, touch for example, and hearing.
David: I know... I won't be long.
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Connections

Referenced in Film 2016: Episode #44.8 (2015) See more »

Soundtracks

Ti ein' afto pouto lene agapi
Performed by Tonis Maroudas & Sophia Loren
Composed by by Takis Morakis
Lyrics by Giannis Fermanoglou
Courtesy of AEPI (the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property S.A.)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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A remarkable oddity of a film
18 October 2015 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

"The Lobster" takes the tropes and expectations of modern-day relationships and satirises them almost out of existence. The farcical "Hotel" aims to partner 'loner' humans with each other (based on 1 characteristic) in a stress-inducing timeframe of 45 days, often resulting in deception and the suppression of true feelings in order to garner a relationship as a means of escape. The other side of the coin is the outcast tribe living a meagre existence in the woods, where even flirting is punished with physical mutilation. The cold mechanical delivery of every single character's lines emphasises the absurdity of the situation, and bizarrely makes the jokes even funnier. Not since Richard Ayoade's "The Double" has cripplingly awkward humour been so effective. This film has a lot to say about the fickle nature of relationships, set against the background of a dystopian society. The cinematography is as flat as the actors' delivery; this contributes to the emotionally-stunted, often silent world that the characters inhabit. The ending is beautifully ambiguous and surprisingly tense for such an understated scene. A score which fluctuates from terse, rough string melodies to Italian opera heightens the sense of weird-art-film which pervades "The Lobster": definitely a film which requires full attention, reflection, and a mind open to arty weirdness, "The Lobster" is a remarkable oddity.


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