The Lobster | Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest 2015

The Lobster

Jury Prize, 2015

Directed by : Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Country: IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GREECE, NETHERLANDS
Year: 2015
Duration: 118.00 minutes

A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.

Credits:

Yorgos LANTHIMOS – Director
Thimios BAKATAKIS – Director of Photography
Yorgos LANTHIMOS – Script / Dialogue
Yorgos MAVROPSARIDIS – Film Editor
Efthimis FILIPPOU – Script / Dialogue
Johnnie BURN – Sound

Actors:

Colin FARRELL – David
Jessica BARDEN – Nosebleed woman
Rachel WEISZ – Short-sighted woman
Olivia COLMAN – Hotel manager
Ashley JENSEN – Biscuit woman
Ariane LABED – The maid
Angeliki PAPOULIA – Heartless woman
John C. REILLY – Lisping man
Léa SEYDOUX – Loner leader
Michael SMILEY – Loner swimmer
Ben WHISHAW – Limping man

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpt0tn1-54k

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