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The Lobster
Synopsis
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.
Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition
http://www.lobsterfilm.co.uk
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 118 mins
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Producer
- Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey, Yorgos Lanthimos
- Co-Producer
- Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Leontine Petit, Carole Scotta, Joost de Vries, Derk-Jan Warrink
- Executive Producer
- Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Sam Lavender
- Editor
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Screenwriter
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
- Director of Photography
- Thimios Bakatakis
- Production Designer
- Jacqueline Abrahams
- Sound
- Johnnie Burn
- Principal Cast
- Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 28th September 2015
