Directed by : Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Year of production : 2015 Country : IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GREECE, NETHERLANDS Length : 118 minutes
Jury Prize , 2015
Jury Prize , 2015
A love story set in the 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. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.
Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Thimios BAKATAKIS - Director of Photography
Yorgos MAVROPSARIDIS - Film Editor
Efthimis FILIPPOU - Script / Dialogue
Johnnie BURN - Sound
Yorgos LANTHIMOS - Director
Yorgos LANTHIMOS - Script / Dialogue
Jessica BARDEN - Nosebleed woman
Ashley JENSEN - Biscuit woman
Angeliki PAPOULIA - Heartless woman
Michael SMILEY - Loner swimmer
Colin FARRELL - David
Ben WHISHAW - Limping man
John C. REILLY - Lisping man
Olivia COLMAN - Hotel manager
Rachel WEISZ - Short-sighted woman
film poster © CR
Press conference of "The Lobster"
Awards Winners press conference - Jury Prize
Production
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