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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017, UK/Ireland, 121 mins, Cert: 15

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Sun 3 December 2017 // 17:00 *
Mon 4 December 2017 // 20:00
Tue 5 December 2017 // 20:00 (SOLD OUT)

Tickets: £5 (full) / £4 (concession / * cheap night)

Yorgos Lanthimos has crafted a sensational thriller brimming with unsettling humour 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.

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 (Sunny Suljian) and 14-year-old Kim (Raffey Cassidy). 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.

"Starts off ominously unsettling, before an out-of-nowhere twist leaves us totally adrift in a sea of anxiety." **** Little White Lies

"the weirdest, most mesmerically unsettling film of the year" ***** Telegraph

'intriguing, disturbing, amusing' 4* review, Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

'like a high-tension Hollywood thriller that’s been beaten over the head by the works of Ingmar Bergman on crystal meth' 5* review, Kevin Maher - The Times

'a gripping and off-kilter horror of operatic grandeur, twisted humour and unabashed seriousness' 5* review, Raphael Abraham - Financial Times

'it’s a powerful and unsettling film that significantly broadens the repertoire of one of Europe’s most singular and wayward auteurs'  Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

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