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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Why this pick
Its pristine affluent household, unnervingly formal behaviour and creeping intrusion sustain the same deadpan, fairy-tale menace as Borgman.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2013 1h 53m NLD
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
A stranger’s move into an ordinary apartment block becomes an exquisitely paranoid, darkly comic descent, matching Borgman’s destabilising social unease.
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The Invitation
Why this pick
A polished gathering among wealthy friends slowly turns hostile through meticulous social discomfort and escalating suspicion, echoing Borgman’s controlled menace.
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The Bothersome Man
Why this pick
Its immaculate suburban surfaces and politely absurd rules conceal an alienating nightmare, sharing Borgman’s surreal satire of bourgeois comfort.
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Dogtooth
Why this pick
An isolated family’s bizarre private order is rendered with similarly clinical framing, deadpan humour and a quietly escalating sense of menace.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An armed priest, together with two other men, drive a hobo and his companions from their underground hideouts. The hobo, identifying himself as Anton, then appears at the door of a mansion. There, he encounters Richard and Marina, an upper-class married couple with three children. He claims he knows Marina, that he had slept with her before, and demands food and a bath. Due to his aggressive behaviour, Richard gets angry and violently beats him. However, Marina, driven by guilt and curiosity, decides to help him and allows him to stay in the garden shed, without Richard knowing it. During Richard's absence, Anton apparently befriends Marina and all three children. He has the ability to control Marina's dreams, so she starts to despise her husband while starting to like Anton.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jan Bijvoet
Camiel Borgman
Hadewych Minis
Marina
Jeroen Perceval
Richard
Tom Dewispelaere
Pascal
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Stine
Dirkje van der Pijl
Rebecca
Pieter-Bas de Waard
Leo
Mike Weerts
Arthur Stornebrink