The Lobster
2015 · Movie · 118 min. · Greece
An unconventional love story set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the rules of the Town, are arrested and transferred to the Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released in the woods. A desperate man escapes from the Hotel to the woods where the Loners live and there he falls in love although it’s against the rules.
Direction Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast Colin Farrell · Rachel Weisz · Jessica Barden · Olivia Colman · Ashley Jensen · Ariane Labed · Angeliki Papoulia · John C. Reilly · Léa Seydoux · Michael Smiley · Ben Whishaw · Roger Ashton-Griffiths · Rosanna Hoult · Heidi Ellen Love
Soundtrack Varios
Screenplay Efthymis Filippou · Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematography Thimios Bakatatakis
Original title The Lobster
6.6
26K votes (FilmAffinity)
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