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.
Direction
Lanthimos turns family dinner into psychological warfare.
Acting
Papoulia's dead-eyed obedience will haunt your dreams.
Writing
Dialogue so wrong it circles back to terrifying poetry.
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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