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Riding the perverse line between bizarre, awkward and darkly funny, this award-winning film follows the strange antics of three siblings brought up by their misguided parents in complete isolation from the rest of the world.

An allegorical exploration of the perils of the nanny-state or just a perverse tale about over-protective parents, Giorgos Lanthimos has produced an unusual and thought-provoking film about three young adults kept in a state of induced infantilism. Unable to leave their family home, the three siblings – a boy and two girls in their early twenties – invent bizarre games and receive their understanding of the world from video tapes. When their father – the only person able to leave the house – brings a woman back home in order to satisfy his son’s sexual urges, the carefully controlled world starts to disintegrate.

It’s an extraordinary film - boldly conceived and executed by director Giorgos Lanthimos and featuring superb ensemble performances.

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