Directed by : Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Year of production : 2009 Country : GREECE Length : 96 minutes
Un Certain Regard Prize - Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema , 2009
The father, the mother and their three kids live in a house at the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house. The kids have never left the house. They are being educated, entertained, bored and exercised in the manner that their parents deem appropriate, without any influence from the outside world. They believe that the airplanes flying over are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers. The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. She works as a security guard at the father’s business. The father arranges her visits to the house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son. The whole family is fond of her, especially the eldest daughter. One day Christina gives her as a present a headband that has stones that glow in the dark and asks for someth
Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Yorgos LANTHIMOS - Director
Yorgos LANTHIMOS - Script / Dialogue
Efthimis FILIPPOU - Script / Dialogue
Thimios MPAKATAKIS - Cinematography
Elli PAPAGEORGAKOPOULOU - Set decorator
George MAVROPSARIDIS - Film Editor
Leandros NTOUNIS - Sound
Michele VALLEY - Mother
Aggeliki PAPOULIA - Elder Daughter
Anna KALAINTZIDOU - Christina
Mary TSONI - Younger Daughter
Christos PASSALIS - Son
Christos STERGIOGLOU - Father
Film poster © DR
Production
BOO PRODUCTIONS - Boo Productions
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YORGOS LANTHIMOS - GREECE
HORSEFLY PRODUCTIONS - GREECE
GREEK FILM CENTRE - GREECE
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