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Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Oscar® winner Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) to the forefront of contemporary cinema's most ambitious young filmmakers. In an effort to protect their three children from the corrupting influence of the outside world, a Greek couple transforms their home into a gated compound of cultural deprivation and strict rules of behavior. But children cannot remain innocent forever. When the father brings home a young woman to satisfy his son's sexual urges, the family's engineered "reality" begins to crumble, with devastating consequences. Like the haunting, dystopic visions of Michael Haneke and Gaspar Noé, Dogtooth punctuates its compelling drama with moments of shocking violence, creating a biting social satire that is as profound as it is provocative.
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It'll be too disturbing -- and meandering -- for some, but Dogtooth is as disturbing and startlingly original as modern filmmaking gets.

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Yorgos Lanthimos

Director

Christos Stergioglou

Father

Michelle Valley

Mother

Aggeliki Papoulia

Older Daughter

Mary Tsoni

Younger Daughter

Christos Passalis

Son

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John Hartl Seattle Times To put it mildly, "Dogtooth" is not for everyone, but it can grow on you even if you think you've rejected its influence. Rated: 3/4 Mar 10, 2011 Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star This is the second feature for Lanthimos, and it's a leap from his well-received debut Kinetta. He skilfully doles out tantalizing pieces of information, keeping the viewer in a constant state of suspense and wonder. Rated: 4/4 Jan 29, 2011 Full Review Jennie Punter Globe and Mail The true dark-horse nominee among this year's foreign-language Oscar contenders, Dogtooth leaves bite marks that stick around long after you are released from its grip. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 28, 2011 Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews In Yorgos Lanthimos’ sophomore feature, Dogtooth, a mother and father’s warped parenting brings dark and dangerous results. Rated: 5/5 Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Angelos Koutsourakis PopMatters By systematically abusing the language system, Dogtooth confronts the postmodern speculative dichotomy between reality and fiction. Feb 23, 2024 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity The inexplicable is the everyday and the everyday of these characters lack our reason. What Lanthimos does just right is insure that there are many metaphors and there are none: it’s an X-ray... of fears about society and control. Rated: 9/10 Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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patrick S Brilliant, maddening, disturbing, irritating film. Something for everyone. Or no-one. Highly recommended. Or not. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review Filippos S I personally didn't like it, but it's worth watching. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review thiago s Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, o filme é meio perturbador, as cenas são malucas, o irmão transando com as irmãs, o pai junto com a filha e ainda teve outras cenas malucas, com tudo isso, eu nem sei se eu recomendo esse filme. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review r96 s 'Dogtooth' is certainly a Yorgos Lanthimos film! On the whole, I found this fascinating. It gets quite disturbing in parts, as you'd expect from this director, but all in all it is very good. The plot starts out difficult to read, though does quickly become clear and well portrayed. Christos Stergioglou is a perfect fit for his role, rather intimidating and controlling. Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni and Christos Passalis bring noteworthy performances as the children, Papoulia and Tsoni particularly stand out. It's not a film that is cast reliant, but they play their part. Looking back, it is quite a slow paced and meandering movie. However, that's basically only in retrospect because whilst watching I didn't actually feel that to be the case, which is a big positive. The film is wonderfully shot too, not that I expected any less having seen Lanthimos' most recent (similarly as great) releases. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Kyle C It has some interesting things to say about power and control, especially those of parents, as well as the power of language and understanding. But it doesn’t really do anything with these ideas. It's way too slow to stay engaging and it doesn’t even really go anywhere. Oh, and it’s called a comedy in a lot of places, but it’s not really very funny. Unique and creative, for sure, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/24 Full Review Lasher B Wrong title , it should have been " dofsh1t " Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Oscar® winner Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) to the forefront of contemporary cinema's most ambitious young filmmakers. In an effort to protect their three children from the corrupting influence of the outside world, a Greek couple transforms their home into a gated compound of cultural deprivation and strict rules of behavior. But children cannot remain innocent forever. When the father brings home a young woman to satisfy his son's sexual urges, the family's engineered "reality" begins to crumble, with devastating consequences. Like the haunting, dystopic visions of Michael Haneke and Gaspar Noé, Dogtooth punctuates its compelling drama with moments of shocking violence, creating a biting social satire that is as profound as it is provocative.
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer
Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Giorgos Tsourianis
Screenwriter
Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Greek Film Center, Horsefly Productions, Boo Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Greek
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 25, 2010, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 20, 2025
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$110.2K
Runtime
1h 34m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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