The Lobster
France, United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, 2015, 118 minutes, Color, English; Turkish subtitled
2015 European Film Awards; European Screenwriter, European Costume Designer British Independent Film Awards; Best Supporting Actress Cannes FF; Jury Award, Queer Palm-Special Mention, Palm Dog-Jury Award Ghent FF; Best Original Music and Sound Design
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Cinematography: Thimios Bakatakis
Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Music: Johnnie Burn
Production: Element Pictures, Limp Films, Scarlet Films, Faliro House Productions, Haut et Court, Lemming Film
Cast: John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Ariane Labed, Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw
In a dystopian 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.