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Greece10 Essential Greek FilmsStop 3 of 10
Dogtooth
Κυνόδοντας
On an isolated estate, a controlling father and mother raise their grown children in total confinement, feeding them a warped vocabulary and bizarre rules to keep the outside world at bay — until a stranger's intrusion cracks the illusion. Yorgos Lanthimos's chilling, deadpan provocation.
Why it’s here
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.