The Lobster Page #3

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Yorgos Lanthimos
Production: A24 Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 71 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2015
119 min
$9,078,073
Website
3,437 Views


find suitable partner soon

She was going to kill herself by

jumping from one of room windows

320, maybe

Or one higher up, 480,

that would be even better

When she stop talking

He stare at her blankly,

not knowing what to say

Him then look out of the

woods, thought once more...

how good his excuse's been

Not bad, a bit higher

You thought about what animal you

wanna be if you don't make it?

A lobster

I'm gonna be a parrot if I don't make it

Why don't you become parrot

too, then we all be together?

You're complete idiot

Picking one of few animals that can talk...

when you have a speech impediment

You're lisp even as a animal

As for you, they will catch you and put you

in a pot of boiling water until you die

And then crack open you claws

with a tool by prying it,

then suck up what little flesh

you have with their mouth

You're pathetic, both of you

I'm not gonna be turning into some

animal, I'll come visit you though...

with my patner, then we walking

together in some park of...

where we swimming in the sea

when we're on one of our trip

Friends

Room 187 please

It's not coincidence that targets are

shape like single people and not couples

Hello

Hello

You swimsuit is very nice

Thank you very much

You're welcome

Do you like to swim breaststroke,

front row, batterfly or backstroke?

I like all sorts equally

You know I love breaststroke

Oh really, my friends

often teased me, said...

"stop swimming breaststroke

all the time"...

and they laughed

Breaststroke is great

It's excellent exercise for the back

When swimming breaststroke, men

shouldn't wear swimming shorts...

has really limit movement in the buttocks

But you know that, didn't you?

I think your nose is bleeding

Really?

Oh no

This happen to me all the time

It's really, really annoying

I know, I have nose bleeding problem too

I saw what you did, must have hurt

Is it coming out

No

Yes

Can I use the tissue

Yes

Can I ask you a question, I

want you to answer me honestly

What's worse? to die of cold

and hunger in the woods

To become a animal would be killed

or eaten by some big animal

Or have nose bleed from time to time

To become a animal would be killed

or eaten by some big animal

Exactly

She isn't suspect you're lying?

No

I'm very happy because we have a new couple

They met just two days ago

But they very much in

love and perfect suited

They both have same

problem with their noses

They bleed quite suddenly

Tomorrow they will be

transfer to a double room...

with larger wardrobe and larger bathroom

They will remain in the

double room for two weeks...

and then been transferred to the

yacht for the further two weeks

We wish you every success and hope

you return to the city as a couple

I'm very happy

Me too

Congratulation

The course of your relationship

will be monitored closely...

by our stuffs and by me personally

If you encounter any problems,

any tensions, any arguing...

that you can't resolve yourselves

You would be asign children

That usually helps a lot

Good morning

Room 101, 7 days left

Breakfast is served

You have really nice hair

I know

Look

How do you like mine?

I think yours quite dry hair

Color is ok though

The most important thing

is that you're not bald

However when comes to men, bald is

always the possibility you can't avoid

ls your father bald?

No he isn't

And even if somedays I lose my hair

There are things I can

do to get my hair back

I can have a hair transplant

You always can tell someone

had a hair transplant

I know

Nice hair is not something you can get

It's something you born with

The fact your father isn't

bald shouldn't put you at ease

Have you decided what you're

going to do in your last day?

I'm still thinking about it

Morning ladies

So, today is your last day

And as the customary, you can choose...

how you like to spend your last night

What I always said in this

situation is it would

be wise to do something

you can't do as animal

For example read a work

of classic literature...

or sing a song you really like

It would be silly to choose...

for example, a walking the ground...

or have sex intercourse

with another person,

those are things you

can do as animal

But first, your best friend

is reading something...

she like to read you,

it's really very touching

We always sat together at school...

and whenever I had a problem...

I told you about it because you

always give the best advice

When we didn't manage to find...

dance partner at the school prom

The fact we were together at that

difficult moment give me strength

I'm sorry things come to this

I'm sure if you have a few more days

You would find someone just like I did,

because you're a adorable person...

and you have very beautiful

hair and very nice breath

I'm always jealous of your hair...

you know that

You were, are, and always

will be my best friend

And I'll think of you often, and I'll

always wear those silver earing...

you give me for my birthday

I'll miss you

And However many new girl

friends I make in a few days...

when I move back into the city

I don't think I'll find another as true...

I like to ask for the Stand By Me...

with River Phoenix, Kiefer Sutherland...

and Richard Dreyfuss, alone

Excellent choice

Lovely film

Please leave a message

Hello

You're probably in the bathroom,

that's why you can't hear phone ring

Nothing like a cold shower in the morning

Well, I'll call you a little bit

later after you finish your shower

We'll talk later

Bye

One day, as he was playing golf

He thought that it is

more difficult to pretend

you do have feelings

when you don't...

than to pretend you don't

have feelings when you do

He also thought that he like her accent

and he always prefer woman with short hair

So he decided she was the one

During the hunt, he would followed her

And as soon as she shot a

loner, he would said to her:

"I wish we have real gun...

instead of this silly tranquilizer one...

why don't you kill him

with your bare hands?"

And the moment she put her

hand around loner's throat

He would said:

"I hope him die right the way"

What happened?

She jumped from the window of room 180

There are bloods and biscuits everywhere

I hope she die right the way

On second thought, I hope she

suffers quite a bit before she dies

I just hope her pathetic scream...

can't be heard from my room

Because I was thinking about having a

lie down and I need peace and quiet

I was playing golf and I'm quite tired

The last thing I need is some

woman dying slowly and loudly

I can't hear you with all this screaming

We'll talk some other

time when it's quieter

Good bye

Good bye

One message

Hello

You're probably in the bathroom,

that's why you can't hear phone ring

Nothing like a cold shower in the morning

Well, I'll call you a little bit

later after you finish your shower

We'll talk later

Bye

Do you mind if I join in

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Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giorgos Lanthimos; born 1973) is a Greek film, video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. more…

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