The lobster, A24 ; Film4, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, Eurimages, the Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Centre and BFI present ; in association with Protagonist Pictures ; an Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House, Haut et Court, and Lemming Film co-production ; in association with Limp ; with the participation of CANAL+ and CINE+ ; with the participation of Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et du Développement International and Institut Français ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos ; written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou ; produced by Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Yorgos Lanthimos
Type
Label
The lobster, A24 ; Film4, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, Eurimages, the Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Centre and BFI present ; in association with Protagonist Pictures ; an Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House, Haut et Court, and Lemming Film co-production ; in association with Limp ; with the participation of CANAL+ and CINE+ ; with the participation of Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et du Développement International and Institut Français ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos ; written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou ; produced by Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Yorgos Lanthimos
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexual content including dialogue, and some violence
Main title
The lobster
Oclc number
951921655
Responsibility statement
A24 ; Film4, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, Eurimages, the Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Centre and BFI present ; in association with Protagonist Pictures ; an Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House, Haut et Court, and Lemming Film co-production ; in association with Limp ; with the participation of CANAL+ and CINE+ ; with the participation of Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et du Développement International and Institut Français ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos ; written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou ; produced by Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Yorgos Lanthimos
Runtime
119
Summary
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods
Technique
live action
Contributor
- France, Ministère des affaires étrangères et du développement international
- Studio Canal+
- Haut et Court (Firm)
- British Film Institute
- Lanthimos, Yorgos, 1973-
- Eurimages (Organization)
- Blenkinsop, Sarah, (Costume designer)
- Colman, Olivia
- Papoulia, Angeliki, 1975-
- A24 (Firm)
- Smiley, Michael, 1963-
- Nederlands Filmfonds
- Bakatakis, Thimios
- FilmFour (Firm)
- Bord Scannán na hÉireann
- Farrell, Colin, 1976-
- Ross, Tessa
- Whishaw, Ben, 1980-
- Scarlet Films (Firm)
- Hellēniko Kentro Kinēmatographou
- Lemming Film (Firm)
- Institut français
- Mavropsaridis, Yorgos, 1954-
- Barden, Jessica, 1992-
- Faliro House Productions
- Ciné+ (France)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France)
- Dempsey, Ceci
- Protagonist Pictures (Firm)
- Filippou, Efthimis, 1977-
- Abrahams, Jacqueline
- Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
- Lavender, Sam
- Magiday, Lee
- Reilly, John C., 1965-
- Guiney, Ed
- Weisz, Rachel, 1970-
- Labed, Ariane
- Limp (Firm)
- Lowe, Andrew, (Producer)
- Jensen, Ashley
- Element Pictures (Firm)
- Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Seydoux, Léa, 1985-
Genre
Subject
- Motion pictures, Dutch
- Shapeshifting
- Comedy films
- Drama
- Outcasts
- Romantic comedy films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Feature films -- Ireland
- Motion pictures, Irish
- Outcasts -- Drama
- Shapeshifting -- Drama
- Motion pictures, British
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Dystopian films
- Man-woman relationships
- Motion pictures, French
- Feature films
- Feature films -- Greece
- Fiction films
- Motion pictures, Greek
- Fantasy films
- Single people
- Single people -- Drama
- Feature films -- Netherlands
- Feature films -- France
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- Studio Canal+
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- Scarlet Films (Firm)
- Lemming Film (Firm)
- Institut français
- Faliro House Productions
- Ciné+ (France)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France)
- Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
- Limp (Firm)
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- France, Ministère des affaires étrangères et du développement international
- Studio Canal+
- Haut et Court (Firm)
- British Film Institute
- Lanthimos, Yorgos, 1973-
- Eurimages (Organization)
- Blenkinsop, Sarah, (Costume designer)
- Colman, Olivia
- Papoulia, Angeliki, 1975-
- A24 (Firm)
- Smiley, Michael, 1963-
- Nederlands Filmfonds
- Bakatakis, Thimios
- FilmFour (Firm)
- Bord Scannán na hÉireann
- Farrell, Colin, 1976-
- Ross, Tessa
- Whishaw, Ben, 1980-
- Scarlet Films (Firm)
- Hellēniko Kentro Kinēmatographou
- Lemming Film (Firm)
- Institut français
- Mavropsaridis, Yorgos, 1954-
- Barden, Jessica, 1992-
- Faliro House Productions
- Ciné+ (France)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France)
- Dempsey, Ceci
- Protagonist Pictures (Firm)
- Filippou, Efthimis, 1977-
- Abrahams, Jacqueline
- Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
- Lavender, Sam
- Magiday, Lee
- Reilly, John C., 1965-
- Guiney, Ed
- Weisz, Rachel, 1970-
- Labed, Ariane
- Limp (Firm)
- Lowe, Andrew, (Producer)
- Jensen, Ashley
- Element Pictures (Firm)
- Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Seydoux, Léa, 1985-
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- Subject25
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- Shapeshifting
- Comedy films
- Drama
- Outcasts
- Romantic comedy films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Feature films -- Ireland
- Motion pictures, Irish
- Outcasts -- Drama
- Shapeshifting -- Drama
- Motion pictures, British
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Dystopian films
- Man-woman relationships
- Motion pictures, French
- Feature films
- Feature films -- Greece
- Fiction films
- Motion pictures, Greek
- Fantasy films
- Single people
- Single people -- Drama
- Feature films -- Netherlands
- Feature films -- France
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- Faliro House Productions
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