Dogtooth (2009)

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Among all these movies that their numbers increase everyday, it is not very easy to find an original story. Mostly, in the best cases-scenarios, good movies have new approaches to old stories.  But at least as of my knowledge, Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos, is an original movie. 

The story is about a family that completely isolated their siblings (2 daughter and a son) from outer world. They even change the language of their kids so to prevent them from understanding the real world. The only contact to the outer life was the guardian of the father’s factory who came to satisfy the son of the family sexually. Inevitably, this only ray to the outside world brings the changes into the family and interferes with their unstable isolated equilibrium.

 

The whole story reminds me the totalitarian, communist or theocratic countries (North-Korea, Iran or USSR). The way that they alter the reality for their own benefits and isolate the people from stream of information and how they decide for the citizens and define the ethics for them. The movie is difficult to watch but it is full of interesting metaphors and will put your thinking cap on. Metaphors like the airplane, the sexual relationships, telephone, video and movie, dancing, eating, grandfather, song, translation, dogtooth, ... . 

I highly suggest to watch this movie and share your idea with me to discuss it in more detail