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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Genre
Horror
Rating
R
Released
20 October, 2017

The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Camp. The story is based on the ancient Greek tragedy Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides. In the myth, Agamemnon, leader of the Greek army against Troy, accidentally kills a deer in one of Artemis's sacred fields. He is told by a seer that he must kill his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, in exchange, and his commanders pressure him into sacrificing her. In some tellings, she is killed; in others, she is transported elsewhere, replaced at the last moment with a deer/goat by Artemis. Some versions have her deified by Artemis after being transported. The film follows a cardiac surgeon who secretly befriends a teenage boy with a connection to his past. He introduces the boy to his family, who begin to fall mysteriously ill.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenplay by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp
Cinematography Thimios Bakatakis
Edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Distributed by Curzon Artificial Eye
Released May 22, 2017 (Cannes), November 3, 2017 (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Running time 121 minutes
Country Ireland, United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $7 million

Informazioni su The Killing of a Sacred Deer

A teenage boy taken under the wing of a father and surgeon Steven forces the family man to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart.

Realizzazione di The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The psychological horror film from Yorgos Lanthimos is based on the ancient Greek play Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides.

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