The father (the primary authority) works at a factory and brings home video cassettes (which are actually edited home movies or industrial safety films he pretends are blockbusters). The mother (a subservient but complicit figure) manages the household. To keep the son sexually satisfied, the father pays a security guard from his factory, Christina, to visit weekly and have sex with the son. Christina is the only outsider allowed inside, and she must obey the house rules (e.g., wearing a specific robe, driving her car into the garage so the children don’t see it).
The 2009 film ( Kynodontas ), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a cornerstone of the "Greek Weird Wave" and a chilling exploration of extreme isolation and linguistic control. The Central Conceit: Language as a Prison dogtooth -2009-
Directed by , Dogtooth (2009) —originally titled Kynodontas —is a surreal and unsettling Greek drama about a family living in extreme isolation. The Core Plot The father (the primary authority) works at a