Dogtooth -2009-

Dogtooth won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was a catalyst for international recognition of Greek cinema and firmly established Lanthimos as a director who challenges the boundary between mainstream and avant-garde cinema.

The film centers on a father and mother who keep their three adult children—a son and two daughters—entirely confined within their gated country estate. To maintain absolute control, the parents have constructed a false reality: dogtooth -2009-

: The children are taught that the world outside the fence is Dogtooth won the Un Certain Regard prize at

The film takes place almost entirely within the high-walled compound of a wealthy Greek family. A father, a mother, and their three children—a son and two daughters—live in isolation. The children are adults, but they behave like children. They have never left the property. They have no concept of the world outside the walls. To maintain absolute control, the parents have constructed

: The father occasionally brings in an outsider, Christina, to satisfy his son’s sexual needs. Christina eventually trades items—specifically Hollywood VHS tapes —with the eldest daughter in exchange for sexual favors. The Climax