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- THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Headline Gala - BFI London Film Festival 2017
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Headline Gala - BFI London Film Festival 2017
We were joined on the red carpet by director Yorgos Lanthimos and actors Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan and Raffey Cassidy for their BFI London Film Festival Gala screening of The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Interlacing elements of Greek tragedy, surrealism and absurdist horror, Yorgos Lanthimos' follow-up to The Lobster (LFF2015) is a deliciously twisted and slyly macabre morality tale. Steven (Colin Farrell) is a wealthy cardiothoracic surgeon who lives a harmonious existence with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two children Kim and Bob. Unbeknownst to his magazine-perfect family, Steven has formed an odd friendship with fatherless teenager Martin, to whom he brings gifts and offers financial support. When Steven decides to introduce Martin to his unsuspecting family, the sinister intentions of this strange young man become frighteningly clear.