Kynodontas (2009)





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 über-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission. The father is the only family member who can leave the manicured lawns of their self-inflicted exile, earning their keep by managing a nearby factory, while the only outsider allowed on the premises is his colleague Christina, who is paid to relieve the son of his male urges. Tired of these dutiful acts of carnality, Christina disturbs the domestic balance.


Articles on Kynodontas

Philip Brophy, The Prisonhouse of Language, in: Filmcomment, nr. 2 (March/April), 2010 pp. 16

Jonathan Romney, Bad Education, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 42-44

Kieron Corless, Tooth and Nail, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 45

Reviews

Athos Kyrus, Dogtooth, in: movieScope, nr. 16 (Mar/Apr), 2010 pp. 69

Anton Bitel, Dogtooth, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 64-65

Philip Wilding, Dogtooth, in: Empire, nr. 251 (May), 2010 pp. 63


Kynodontas
Greece 2009

Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos

Cast
Christos Stergioglou
Michelle Valley
Aggeliki Papoulia
Hristos Passalis

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Year: 2009
Country: Greece
Language: Greek
 
IMDb: 1379182