The Lobster (2015)
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
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David -
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Bald Man
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Restaurant Waiter
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Bob the Dog
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Bob the Dog
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Biscuit Woman -
Police Officer 1
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Director:
Yorgos LanthimosWriters:
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Trivia
David (Colin Farrell), Robert (John C. Reilly) and John (Ben Wishaw) are the only named characters throughout the whole entire movie.
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Short Sighted Woman:
We developed a code so that we can communicate with each other even in front of the others without them knowing what we are saying. When we turn our heads to the left it means "I love you more than anything in the world" and when we turn our heads ...
Goofs
After the heartless woman falls down from getting shot by David with a tranquilizer gun, her skirt falls open high enough to see her underwear. When David approaches her, her skirt is now covering up the underwear.
Soundtracks
String Quartet No. 2: I Moderato
Composed by Alfred Shnitke (as Alfred Schnittke)
Permission of Boosey & Hawkes, an Imagem Company
Performed by the Tale Quartet with kind permission of BIS Record, Sweden
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Genres
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
16 October 2015Language
English, French, Greek
Country of Origin
Ireland, UK, Greece, France, NetherlandsFilming Locations
County Kerry, IrelandBox Office
Budget:
€4,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$190,252 (USA) (15 May 2016)
Gross:
$8,699,235 (USA) (25 September 2016)
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