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BBFC RatingThe Killing of a Sacred Deer

Certificate15
Year2017
GenreThriller
Director(s)Yorgos Lanthimos
CountryUK, Ireland
Running Time2HR 1MINS
SeasonMain Programme
Audio AccessibleClosed CaptioningThe 6.40pm screening on Tues 14 Nov will include audio description and on-screen captioning.

A sensational and subversive thriller from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan.

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.

Yorgos Lanthimos has crafted a film 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.

★★★★★
“Difficult, provocative, and consistently amusing. Almost perfect.” KEVIN MAHER, THE TIMES

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