Dogtooth is a kind of movie which comes out as a combined package of clever social satire and disturbing shock value.. It is possibly one of the most different, unique and unsettling movies I had ever seen. The last movie for which I had similar feelings was 'A Clockwork Orange'.
The story is about the children who are trapped in their house by an over-careful and over-anxious father who never gave them a chance to get exposed to the outside world. The movie shows the days which gradually changed their life.
The story goes at a medium pace and is handled in a gripping way by the director. Visually, the movie is pleasing. Also, the actors were very good and they successfully brought out the claustrophobic feeling and innocence. And, in the end, there is the Father and the Mother. They push the limits to such levels that they would not even give their children the actual meaning of words like 'sea', 'wind', 'zombie' and so on and so forth.
But, because of an incident, which I better not spoil here, the innocence gets lost and that is how the film ends with a shocking and disturbing conclusion.
Dogtooth provides many points to ponder upon. For example, it raises a question as how far and how long it is advisable to have parents watching and guiding their children. Also, one very interesting suggestion the director made in this movie was that the good never comes to you. You go to it. But evil, it always comes to you. The contrast as to how far-fetched the Good can be and how accessible(:D) bad can be is very beautifully and abstractly expressed. Again, everyone can interpret this movie in their own way.
Watch this movie, a kind of movie which comes once in a decade. A truly unique cinematic experience. Highly recommended, even though the movie is pretty explicit. :D
The story is about the children who are trapped in their house by an over-careful and over-anxious father who never gave them a chance to get exposed to the outside world. The movie shows the days which gradually changed their life.
The story goes at a medium pace and is handled in a gripping way by the director. Visually, the movie is pleasing. Also, the actors were very good and they successfully brought out the claustrophobic feeling and innocence. And, in the end, there is the Father and the Mother. They push the limits to such levels that they would not even give their children the actual meaning of words like 'sea', 'wind', 'zombie' and so on and so forth.
But, because of an incident, which I better not spoil here, the innocence gets lost and that is how the film ends with a shocking and disturbing conclusion.
Dogtooth provides many points to ponder upon. For example, it raises a question as how far and how long it is advisable to have parents watching and guiding their children. Also, one very interesting suggestion the director made in this movie was that the good never comes to you. You go to it. But evil, it always comes to you. The contrast as to how far-fetched the Good can be and how accessible(:D) bad can be is very beautifully and abstractly expressed. Again, everyone can interpret this movie in their own way.
Watch this movie, a kind of movie which comes once in a decade. A truly unique cinematic experience. Highly recommended, even though the movie is pretty explicit. :D