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Completed - ENGLISH - Comedy - 119 minutes

Log Line

An unconventional love story set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel.

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Writer(s) : Efthimis FILIPPOU, Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Cast : Colin FARRELL, Rachel WEISZ, Ben WHISHAW, Lea SEYDOUX, Olivia COLMAN, Ariane LABAD, Angeliki PAPOULIA

Producer(s) : Lee MAGIDAY, Ed GUINEY, Ceci DEMPSEY

Synopsis

A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.

Production

Country(ies) : IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GREECE, NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM Oct 28, 2015 IMAGINE FILM DI
BELGIUM Oct 28, 2015 UNIVERSCINE BEL
CANADA MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CANADA MONGREL MEDIA I
DENMARK CAMERA FILM A/S
FINLAND Aug 19, 2016 CINEMA MONDO
FRANCE HAUT ET COURT D
FRANCE BLAQ OUT
GREECE FEELGOOD ENTERT
IRELAND ELEMENT PICTURE
ITALY GOOD FILMS SRL
JAPAN FINE FILMS, INC
KOREA (Sou Oct 29, 2015 BREEZE PICTURES
NETHERLAND Oct 22, 2015 DE FILMFREAK
NORWAY Jul 29, 2016 SELMER MEDIA AS
SPAIN Apr 12, 2015 AVALON DISTRIBU
TURKEY CALINOS FILMS
UNITED KIN PICTUREHOUSE CI
USA SONY PICTURES W
USA Apr 12, 2015 ORANGE ENTERTAI

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015 - Competition (Prix du Jury)
Toronto - TIFF 2015 Special Presentations
Sundance Film Festival 2016 Spotlight


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