: To maintain absolute authority, the parents redefine language—teaching the children that "salt" means "telephone" or that airplanes in the sky are toys.
: Critics often describe it as an allegory for authoritarianism, the malleability of language, and the extreme limits of parental overprotection. : To maintain absolute authority, the parents redefine
: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, and Angeliki Papoulia Runtime : 97 minutes Language : Greek Dogtooth is a provocative psychological drama that follows
: The film won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. : To maintain absolute authority
Dogtooth is a provocative psychological drama that follows a family living in complete isolation.
: A mother and father keep their three adult children confined to their sprawling estate, telling them they can only leave once they lose a "dogtooth".