The read
Scores higher than 89% of the 3,247 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic72/100
2,678 audience votes
Key crew
- Efthimis FilippouScreenplay
- Yorgos LanthimosScreenplay
- Yorgos LanthimosDirector
- Grégoire HetzelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christos StergioglouFather
- Michele ValleyMother
- Hristos PassalisSon
- Angeliki PapouliaOlder Daughter
- Mary TsoniYounger Daughter
- Anna KalaitzidouChristina
- Steve KrikrisColleague
- Sissi PetropoulouSecretary
- Alexander VoulgarisDog Trainer
Stills
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Themes
hostageparanoiadysfunctional familyincestmental illnesstoothsexual awakeningfantasy worldisolated househome educationbrother sister sexstrict father
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