The Lobster

Break up?  Spouse pass away?  Single and alone?  No problem.  You have 45 complementary days to stay in the singles hotel.  After that of course, if you can't find a compatible mate and fall in love, you will be turned into an animal - of your choice.

The key feature of The Lobster is that everyone takes the absurdity of their world absolutely seriously, from those who run the hotel, or check mall patrons for their unexpired marriage certificates, to the rebel loner faction who live in the woods, disavowing all relations and punishing members who flirt, even as they hide from hotel hunting parties who try to capture them for immediate transformation.

David, recently divorced, must find a compatible mate, perhaps one nearsighted like him or who can also speak German.  His desperation leads him on, through the hotel and the woods, as he tries to avoid his choice of fate - to become a lobster.

The Lobster

2015, 119 minutes, directed by Yorgos Yanthimos

distopia, minor subtitles, dry humor, surreal, outdoors