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The Lobster
Sci fi Film
Completed
YEAR:
2015
DIRECTOR:
Giorgos Lanthimos
WRITER:
Efthymis Filippou Giorgos Lanthimos
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Element Pictures
Scarlet Films
PRODUCER:
Ed Guiney Andrew Lowe Giorgos Lanthimos Ceci Dempsey
CAST:
Colin Farrell Léa Seydoux Rachel Weisz Ben Whishaw Olivia Colman Ariane Labed Aggeliki Papoulia
LOCATION:
County Kerry, Ireland
EDITOR:
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
DOP:
Thimios Bakatakis
COSTUME DESIGN:
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Jacqueline Abrahams
HAIR/MAKEUP:
Eileen Buggy (Hair), Anna Gronerus (Hair), Sharon Doyle (Makeup), Lucy Browne (Makeup)
SOUND:
Johnnie Burn Ashley Smith Mervyn Moore
MUSIC:
Amy Ashworth
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A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
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