The Lobster is a 2015 surreal black comedy dystopian film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, co-produced by Ceci Dempsy, Ed Guiney, and Lee Magiday, and co-written by Efthimis Filippou. In the film, single people are given 45 days to find romantic partners or otherwise be turned into animals. It stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz as a man and woman who attempt to form a relationship. The film is a co-production by Ireland, the United Kingdom, Greece, France, and the Netherlands. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards and for Outstanding British Film at the 69th British Academy Film Awards.
| Director | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| Produced by | Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday |
| Writer(s) | Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos |
| Starring | Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw |
| Narrator | Rachel Weisz |
| Cinematography | Thimios Bakatakis |
| Edited by | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| Production, company | Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House Productions, Haut et Court, Lemming Film, Film4 Productions |
| Distributed by | Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), Haut et Court (France), Element Pictures (Ireland), De Filmfreak (Netherlands), Picturehouse Entertainment (United Kingdom), Sony Pictures Releasing International (International) |
| Released | May 15, 2015 (Cannes), October 16, 2015 (United Kingdom & Ireland), October 22, 2015 (Greece & Netherlands), October 28, 2015 (France) |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands |
| Language | English, French |
| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $18 million |
| Netflix ID | 80058480 |
About The Lobster
Surreal black comedy set in a world in which single people are given 45 days to find romantic partners or otherwise be turned into animals. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards.
Achievement of The Lobster
The film won the Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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Latest information about The Lobster updated on July 28 2021.
