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==Plot== |
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According to the rules of the City, single people are taken to the Hotel where they are given 45 days to find a partner. Those who fail are turned into an animal of their choice and released into the forest. Masturbation is banned but sexual stimulation by the hotel maid, without orgasm, is mandatory. The guests attend dances and watch propaganda extolling the virtues of partnership. They can extend their stay by hunting escapees, the Loners, with |
According to the rules of the City, single people are taken to the Hotel where they are given 45 days to find a partner. Those who fail are turned into an animal of their choice and released into the forest. Masturbation is banned but sexual stimulation by the hotel maid, without orgasm, is mandatory. The guests attend dances and watch propaganda extolling the virtues of partnership. They can extend their stay by hunting escapees, the Loners, with tranquilizer guns in the woods. Each captured Loner affords an extra day to find a partner. |
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After his wife leaves him for another man, David arrives at the Hotel with his brother, who has been turned into a dog. He makes acquaintances with a man with a lisp and a man with a limp. After Lisping Man is caught masturbating, the Hotel Manager burns his fingers in a toaster. Limping Man wins the affections of a woman who suffers from nosebleeds by smashing his nose against hard surfaces, feigning his own nosebleed problem. The two move to the couples section to begin their month of trial partnership. |
After his wife leaves him for another man, David arrives at the Hotel with his brother, who has been turned into a dog. He makes acquaintances with a man with a lisp and a man with a limp. After Lisping Man is caught masturbating, the Hotel Manager burns his fingers in a toaster. Limping Man wins the affections of a woman who suffers from nosebleeds by smashing his nose against hard surfaces, feigning his own nosebleed problem. The two move to the couples section to begin their month of trial partnership. |
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The Loners launch a raid on the Hotel. David tells Nosebleed Woman that her partner has been faking his nosebleeds. The others give the Hotel Manager's husband the chance to shoot his wife to save himself. He pulls the trigger and finds the gun empty. The Loners leave the couple to face each other. |
The Loners launch a raid on the Hotel. David tells Nosebleed Woman that her partner has been faking his nosebleeds. The others give the Hotel Manager's husband the chance to shoot his wife to save himself. He pulls the trigger and finds the gun empty. The Loners leave the couple to face each other. |
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The Loner Leader reads Short Sighted Woman's journal and discovers her plan to escape with David. She takes her to the city, ostensibly to have an operation to cure her nearsightedness, but instead has her blinded. Short Sighted Woman defends herself and stabs the maid, who has now joined the Loners in the forest. Shortly afterwards David attacks the Loner Leader, leaving her tied up in a grave for wild dogs to attack, and he and Short Sighted Woman escape to the City. In a restaurant David looks at Short Sighted Woman one last time before going to the bathroom and attempting to blind himself. It is kept ambiguous whether he was successful. |
The Loner Leader reads Short Sighted Woman's journal and discovers her plan to escape with David. She takes her to the city, ostensibly to have an operation to cure her nearsightedness, but instead has her blinded. Short Sighted Woman defends herself and stabs the maid, who has now joined the Loners in the forest. Shortly afterwards David attacks the Loner Leader, leaving her tied up in a grave for wild dogs to attack, and he and Short Sighted Woman escape to the City. In a restaurant David looks at Short Sighted Woman one last time before going to the bathroom and attempting to blind himself. It is kept ambiguous whether he was successful. |
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==Cast== |
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| Directed by | Yorgos Lanthimos |
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| Cinematography | Thimios Bakatakis |
| Edited by | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
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Running time | 118 minutes[2] |
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| Budget | €4 million[3] |
| Box office | $6.6 million[4] |
The Lobster is a 2015 science-fiction dark comedy film directed by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos in his English language feature film debut. Set in a dystopian near-future, the film is set in a city where singles are given 45 days to find a romantic partner or otherwise be turned into animals.[5] It stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz. The film is internationally co-produced by companies from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Greece, France and the Netherlands.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]
According to the rules of the City, single people are taken to the Hotel where they are given 45 days to find a partner. Those who fail are turned into an animal of their choice and released into the forest. Masturbation is banned but sexual stimulation by the hotel maid, without orgasm, is mandatory. The guests attend dances and watch propaganda extolling the virtues of partnership. They can extend their stay by hunting escapees, the Loners, with tranquilizer guns in the woods. Each captured Loner affords an extra day to find a partner.
After his wife leaves him for another man, David arrives at the Hotel with his brother, who has been turned into a dog. He makes acquaintances with a man with a lisp and a man with a limp. After Lisping Man is caught masturbating, the Hotel Manager burns his fingers in a toaster. Limping Man wins the affections of a woman who suffers from nosebleeds by smashing his nose against hard surfaces, feigning his own nosebleed problem. The two move to the couples section to begin their month of trial partnership.
During a hunt for a loner, Biscuit Woman flirts with David. After he declines her offer of sexual pleasure, she tells him that if she fails to find a mate, she will kill herself by jumping off the hotel.
David decides to seduce the most cold-blooded female, Heartless Woman. He first sees her in the outdoor area, and attempts to talk to her, but their conversation is interrupted by the screams of Biscuit Woman, who has jumped out of her room. Sharing a jacuzzi with David, Heartless Woman feigns choking; when he does not respond, she decides they may be a good match and they begin their trial relationship. After she murders David's brother, he claims he does not care; when he begins to cry, she concludes their relationship is built on a lie. As she marches him to the Hotel Manager he escapes and, with the help of the maid, tranquillises her and transforms her into an animal.
David escapes the Hotel and joins the Loners in the woods. The Loners forbid romance, which is punishable with violence. David, who is short-sighted, begins a secret relationship with a short-sighted woman, and they communicate in sign language. They go on covert missions to the City, where their cover requires them to appear as lovers, which they secretly enjoy.
The Loners launch a raid on the Hotel. David tells Nosebleed Woman that her partner has been faking his nosebleeds. The others give the Hotel Manager's husband the chance to shoot his wife to save himself. He pulls the trigger and finds the gun empty. The Loners leave the couple to face each other.
The Loner Leader reads Short Sighted Woman's journal and discovers her plan to escape with David. She takes her to the city, ostensibly to have an operation to cure her nearsightedness, but instead has her blinded. Short Sighted Woman defends herself and stabs the maid, who has now joined the Loners in the forest. Shortly afterwards David attacks the Loner Leader, leaving her tied up in a grave for wild dogs to attack, and he and Short Sighted Woman escape to the City. In a restaurant David looks at Short Sighted Woman one last time before going to the bathroom and attempting to blind himself. It is kept ambiguous whether he was successful.
Principal photography began on 24 March 2014, and concluded on 9 May 2014.[8][9] Filming took place in Dublin, Ireland, which represents "The City" in the film, and also at locations in and around County Kerry, including Sneem, Dromore Woods and KenmareinIreland.[10][11][12][13]
In May 2014, it was announced that Sony Pictures acquired the distribution rights for Australia, New Zealand, German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.[9]Afilm still featuring Farrell, Whishaw, and Reilly was released around the same time.[14] In May 2015, Alchemy acquired United States distribution rights, however, due to the company's financial struggles at the time, A24 acquired the US rights instead.[15][16] Originally scheduled for an 11 March 2016 release, it was re-scheduled to 13 May 2016.[17][18]
The Lobster received acclaim from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 92% based on reviews from 114 critics, with an average score of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "As strange as it is thrillingly ambitious, The Lobster is definitely an acquired taste – but for viewers with the fortitude to crack through Yorgos Lanthimos' offbeat sensibilities, it should prove a savory cinematic treat."[19]AtMetacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 80 based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[20]
Oliver Lyttelton of The Playlist awarded the film an "A" grade and described it as "an atypically rich and substantial comedy" with "an uproarious yet deadpan satire concerning societal constructs, dating mores and power structures that also manages to be a surprisingly moving, gloriously weird love story." He concluded that the film was Lanthimos' "most accessible and purely enjoyable film yet".[21] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave a positive review and commended the film for being "visually stunning, narratively bold, and totally singular", adding that "it opens [one's] eyes to a new way of storytelling."[22]
Guy Lodge, writing for Variety, called the film "a wickedly funny, unexpectedly moving satire of couple-fixated society", elaborating that Lanthimos' "confounding setup emerges as a brilliant allegory for the increasingly superficial systems of contemporary courtship, including the like-for-like algorithms of online dating sites and the hot-or-not snap judgments of Tinder."[23]
Peter Bradshaw of the The Guardian rated the film three stars out of five, and wrote that The Lobster is "elegant and eccentric in Lanthimos’ familiar style", but "appears to run out of ideas at its mid-way point".[24] IGN awarded it a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying "Colin Farrell heads up this surreal, hilarious and ultimately quite disturbing tale."[25]
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| Award / film festival | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Belgian Film Critics Association[26] | Grand Prix | The Lobster | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards[27] | Outstanding British Film | The Lobster | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards[28][29] | Best British Independent Film | The Lobster | Nominated |
| Best Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominated | |
| Best Actor | Colin Farrell | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Whishaw | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou | Nominated | |
| Producer of the Year | Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Lee Magiday | Nominated | |
| Cannes Film Festival[30][31] | Palme d'Or | The Lobster | Nominated |
| Jury Prize | The Lobster | Won | |
| Queer Palm – Special Mention | The Lobster | Won | |
| Palm Dog Award – Grand Jury Prize | Bob the dog | Won | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle[32] | Best Irish Film | The Lobster | 5th place |
| Best Actor | Colin Farrell | 5th place | |
| European Film Awards[33][34] | Best European Film | The Lobster | Nominated |
| Best European Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominated | |
| Best European Actor | Colin Farrell | Nominated | |
| Best European Screenwriter | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou | Won | |
| Best Costume Designer | Sarah Blenkinsop | Won | |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards[35][36] | Best Film | The Lobster | Nominated |
| Award for Comedy | Olivia Colman | Nominated | |
| Colin Farrell | Nominated | ||
| Film Fest Gent[37] | Georges Delerue Award for Best Sound Design | The Lobster | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards[38] | Best Actor in a Lead Role (Film) | Colin Farrell | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle[39] | British / Irish Film of the Year | The Lobster | Nominated |
| Supporting Actress of the Year | Olivia Colman | Nominated | |
| British / Irish Actor of the Year | Colin Farrell | Nominated | |
| Miami International Film Festival[40] | Grand Jury Award for Best Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society[41] | Best Non-U.S. Films | The Lobster | Won |
| Rotterdam International Film Festival[42] | ARTE International Prize for Best CineMart 2013 Project | The Lobster | Won |
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