Yorgos Lanthimos Retrospective
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Friday, July 19th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin
Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless
household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) 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 (Barry Keoghan), 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 long-forgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family's
domestic bliss.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ (Poor
Things, The Favourite) has crafted a sensational thriller brimming
with unsettling humor and creeping dread, steeped in Greek tragedy, existential
horror, Hitchcockian psychodrama, and riveting suspense. Darting confidently
between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, The Killing
of a Sacred Deer firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of
world-class auteurs and marks him as a cinematic provocateur without precedent.
(USA, Ireland, UK, 2017, 121 mins, R,
English | Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
