The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
CINEMA2017-10-20
DIGITAL2017-12-28
RegionGB / US
Runtime121 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A modern family is trapped inside the sacrificial logic of Iphigenia, where guilt and punishment turn an impossible choice into a brutal moral equation.”
“A clinical, deeply unsettling psychological thriller translating ancient Euripidean tragedy into modern domestic dread.”
Storyline
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
DIRECTOR / Director
欧格斯·兰斯莫斯
KEYWORDS
husband wife relationshiphostagepsychopathinsanityblackmailsurgeonparalysisdysfunctional familyparanormalrevengehospitalcrueltybrutalitycafecardiologistrecovering alcoholicopen heart surgery
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