The Lobster

The Lobster

  • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Writer: Yorgos Lanthimos,Efthymis Filippou
  • Countries of origin: Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, U
  • Language: English, French, Greek
  • Release date: October 16, 2015
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Sound mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: La langosta
  • "The Lobster" is a soft violence love film produced by Element Pictures, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Rachel Weisz , Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne , Colin Farrell, etc. It was released in Ireland on October 16, 2015   .
    The film tells the story that single men and women in the future dystopian society will be locked up in urban hotels and must find a matching partner within 45 days. The loser will become a kind of animal of his own choice and exiled into the big forest   .

    Details

    • Release date October 16, 2015
    • Filming locations County Kerry, Ireland
    • Production companies Film4, Screen Ireland, Screen Ireland

    Box office

    Budget

    €4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $9,077,245

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $190,252

    Gross worldwide

    $15,509,546

    Movie reviews

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    • By Enos 2022-12-30 13:23:09

      This vicious movie tells you how hard it is for a single dog at the bottom of the food chain!

      Today, I would like to share with you a movie "The Lobster". The 2015 film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year. Starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, refresh your three views after reading it.

      The time is set in a utopian society. The male protagonist is dumped by his wife who has been married for twelve years. He is single and has to take his brother, a dog, to the hotel in the city to find a new partner.

      The rules of the hotel are...

    • By Sigurd 2022-12-29 10:25:53

      a joke of power

      The setting of cities and forests shows that this is not a science fiction theme, but a utopian theme.
      If you don't get married, you will be single, and the two will destroy each other, destroy each other's marriage or turn each other into animals, which is interesting. If everything goes according to plan, the problem won't be solved.
      Said to be a lobster, this animal never appeared, because it was all on land and did not appear in the ocean. What the heck is a lobster? It is an...

    • By Heloise 2022-12-29 07:42:13

      how important freedom and equality are

      I originally planned to watch this film during the Shanghai Film Festival, but the ticket grabbing system was too tricky, and the popular film tickets were all booked super fast.

      Therefore, I have to be ashamed to say that this movie is a resource downloaded from the Internet. I plan to record some interesting experiences while watching.

      1. The setting of the world view is very novel and fun. At the beginning, when the male protagonist brought the dog to the hotel to...

    • By Bernita 2022-12-27 00:28:23

      Big brains, light love

      Nowadays, it has become a trend to laugh at single dogs on the Internet, and behind this is the impatience and low self-esteem of many single people. The fundamental reason for this is still in China, where being single at an older age has even become a sin (the so-called older age is often just over 25 years old). It is precisely because of this that this real dog abuse blockbuster, directed by a Greek with a big brain hole and produced by a very cold British team, will resonate so much with...

    • By Beulah 2022-12-23 10:06:51

      When love comes, please know how to cherish

      After watching this movie, it reminded me of an article I read a few days ago saying that some movies start to stray from reality even if the reality is not well told. Then this movie is just the opposite. It tells a story that is out of reality. It is an absurd story on the surface, but it makes people see the reality more clearly.
           In the world of The Lobster, everyone has to find someone who has something in common with them to get married. This common ground is different from the...

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    • By Modesto 2023-09-11 18:32:29

      The film has a unique theme, a very gimmicky story, and has a rational and sensational...

    • By Greta 2023-08-23 14:48:48

      What an interesting story, what a boring story - first half and second...

    • By Lottie 2023-08-18 17:55:28

      Selling setting gimmicks, it's quite annoying to...

    • By Calista 2023-07-31 09:37:32

      The script is set imaginatively, the front is quite catchy and the rhythm is followed closely, but the pace of the plot in the back is a little off, the whole tone is a lot implied in the morbidity, and the soundtrack is also very...

    • By Kathleen 2023-07-12 15:17:36

      The protagonist does not ultimately escape the inevitable end of a dystopian work of art—the failure of humanity. This film shows another possibility of dystopia. A deformed society that switches between two extreme states replaces the monistic voice. When an individual is forced to make a choice in society, no state of existence will is normal; because of this quality, choice and inaction in a dystopia can only end in tragedy. The scene in the film is the result of the development of the...

    Evaluation action

    "Lobster", in terms of entertainment and viewing, seems to surpass ordinary literary competition films. The film uses a unique theme, a very gimmicky story, and has both reasoning and sensational tonality. (Sohu Entertainment Review)
    Every frame of the film is calm and cool, and the interior and surrounding forests of the hotel are full of dream atmosphere. This is a movie that has never been seen before and is worth watching...
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    Movie quotes

    • Hotel Manager: Now have you thought of what animal you'd like to be if you end up alone?

      David: Yes. A lobster.

      Hotel Manager: Why a lobster?

      David: Because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. I also like the sea very much.

    • Short Sighted Woman: [narrating] He didn't burst into tears and he didn't think that the first thing most people do when they realise someone doesn't love them anymore is cry.

    • Short Sighted Woman: Kiwi.

      David: That's right, ten out of ten again. Can I give you a kiss?