Dogtooth
With films like The Lobster, The Favorite and Poor Things, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a name for himself as one of the most original and idiosyncratic directors of recent decades. He first stood out in 2009 with Dogtooth, his third film, a pitch-black comedy in which he paints an absurd and provocative picture of how an average Greek family functions; the parents prefer to keep the children small for as long as possible.
Two sisters and a brother, all three now teenagers, have never taken a step outside the large garden surrounding the parental home. What it looks like outside, they do not know, because there is a high fence around the garden and what they know of the world is based on the lies their parents have foisted on them. The long days of boredom are filled with homework and weird games. But no matter how well the parents try to hold it back, the outside world still slowly seeps in.
