Dogtooth (Kynodontas)
dir. Yorgos (Giorgos) Lanthimos, Greece 2009, 94 min
Price: 29.00 PLN
Every family has its secret, the question is how well it is kept. Dogtooth presents a seemingly perfectly happy family; parents with three teenage children – one son and two daughters – live in the suburbs in a spacious mansion with a swimming pool and garden. A high wall separating the house from the world creates a barrier that the three young people never cross. Parents tell them that serious dangers await them outside, one of them being... a cat that can be scared away by barking.
When a dogtooth drops, the teenagers will leave the estate. In the meantime, they study, play and do sports on the estate premises, yet the language they use from another planet. To them, “highway” means a strong wind, “telephone” denotes salt, “zombie” is a small yellow flower, while “sea” is a chair. They see airplanes in the sky as toys and in the evenings they listen to Frank Sinatra, who – according to their parents – is their grandfather.
The children live in complete isolation, devoid of any contact with the outside world. They don’t use phones, don’t watch TV and have no access to computers. All their needs are satisfied on house premises; and once a week, their father brings in Christina, a security person in his factory, to satisfy his sons sexual needs. However, when one of the sisters watches Rocky on a VCR tape she received from Christina, she becomes uncertain as to whether what her parents are telling her about the world is really true. Protest, rebellion, and reactions spawning unexpected consequences are just a step away...
Selected awards and festivals:
2011 – Academy Award nomination for „Best Foreign Language Film”
2011 – Nomination for London Critics’ Circle “Best Foreign Language Film” Award
2010 – Nomination for British Independent Film Award as “Best Foreign Language Film”
2010 – Dublin Critics’ Award at Dublin IFF
2010 – Dublin Critics’ Award for “Best Director”
2009 – Un Certain Regard and Prix de la Jeunesse Awards for Yorgos Lanthimos at Cannes
2009 – Greek Film Academy Award for Yorgos Lanthimos in “Best Screenplay”, “Best Director” and “Best Feature Film” categories
2009 - Kingfisher Award at Ljubljana IFF
2009 - Bronze Horse Award at Stockholm IFF
2009 – Special Prize of the Jury at Sarajevo IFF
2009 – Feature Film Award at Montréal Festival of New Cinema
2009 – Nomination for “Best Film” at Mar del Plata IFF
2009 – 25th Warsaw Film Festival (“Discoveries” section)
Category: Feature Film Series
Category: Seria Filmów Fabularnych
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"[25. WFF.] "Zombie" to "małe, żółte kwiatki"...", Monika Marach, Stopklatka, 13.10.2009
"Mamo, znalazłem zombie w ogrodzie", Anna Bielak, Interia, 10.06.2011
"Na co do kina w czerwcu", Dariusz Kuźma, Onet, 26.05.2011
"'Kieł' - chora historia niesamowicie opowiedziana", Mariusz Janik, Wiadomosci24.pl, 12.06.2011
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"Dogtooth", Michuk, Filmaster.pl, 6.05.2011
"'Kieł', czyli grecka nowa fala", Dorota Mieszek, eCzasKultury.pl, 14.06.2011
"W oparach absurdu: 'Dogtooth' ('Kieł')", Chihir02, Chihiro.blox.pl, 11.04.2011
"Kieł", Louis, Recenzjelouisa.blogspot.com, 26.05.2011
Every family has its secret, the question is how well it is kept. Dogtooth presents a seemingly perfectly happy family; parents with three teenage children – one son and two daughters – live in the suburbs in a spacious mansion with a swimming pool and garden. A high wall separating the house from the world creates a barrier that the three young people never cross. Parents tell them that serious dangers await them outside, one of them being... a cat that can be scared away by barking.
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