In this ferocious satire of insane, for-your-own-good Dad-power three 20-something ‘kids’ have been grounded their entire lives. “Intelligently witty, provocative, hilariously inventive, bitingly bitter.” — Cineuropa
Intelligently witty, provocative, hilariously inventive, bitingly bitter.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2009
Dogtooth 2009
Kynodontas
This ferocious and funny depiction of insane, for-your-own-good Dad-power was the first Greek film to make official selection at Cannes in a decade, and the first to make it on to our programme in just as long. In a secluded, fenced-in country house, three 20-something ‘kids’ have spent their lives permanently grounded by their obsessively controlling parents. Even words that refer to the world outside have been reshaped by Dad to eliminate any hint of an alternative to domestic bliss. Ingeniously stylised in direction and performance, this incisive incitement to rebellion takes place in a strangely credible universe as vividly imagined as any on show this year. — BG
“Blackly funny and lightly horrific, Dogtooth keeps you enthralled with the sheer brutal lunacy of the parents' behaviour, which gradually and brilliantly tips over from the hilarious to the bizarre to the shocking to the sickening. Great stuff.” — Matt Bochenski, LittleWhiteLies