The Killing of a Sacred Deer
First screened in September 2017

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Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Cast: Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp, Alicia Silverstone. Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou.

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Twitter Capsule: Combo of dread and weird humor takes chops to sustain, but to what end? First Lanthimos I find hollow.

VOR: ③  One could still take inspiration here about avoiding clichéd figures and scene structures. But even the novel elements don't lead far.

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Photo © 2017 A24/Element Pictures/Film4/HanWay Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C

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Awards:
	Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay (tie); 70th Anniversary Award (Kidman; also for The Beguiled, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, and Top of the Lake: China Girl)

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