The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

116 minutes
2017
Velká Británie / Ireland Drama / Mysterious / Psychological / Thriller

Eye for an eye, heart for a heart. Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob and 14-year-old Kim. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who Steven has covertly taken under his wing. As Martin begins insinuating himself into the family’s life in ever-more unsettling displays, the full scope of his intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a longforgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family's domestic bliss. With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union.

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2017
Velká Británie / Ireland Drama / Mysterious / Psychological / Thriller

Eye for an eye, heart for a heart.

Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob and 14-year-old Kim. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who Steven has covertly taken under his wing. As Martin begins insinuating himself into the family’s life in ever-more unsettling displays, the full scope of his intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a longforgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family's domestic bliss.

With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union.

Creators

Yorgos Lanthimos

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Awards

Won Nominated
Award
2017
MFF Cannes
Nejlepší scénář
Award
2017
Evropské filmové ceny
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