Dogtooth
aka Kynodontas, aka Kynoδontaσ
Screened in July 2010
Top Ten List: #2 of 2009 (world premieres)
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos. Cast: Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Anna Kalaitzidou, Alexander Voulgaris. Screenplay: Efthymis Filippou and Giorgos Lanthimos.
Twitter Capsule: Sweetie + Salò = ingeniously lensed, unsettlingly plucky immersion in one family's perverse oligarchy. Lick this, Haneke.

Photo © 2009 Boo Productions/Greek Film Center/
© 2010 Kino International/MK2 Diffusion
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–

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Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

Other Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard Award
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