The film “Dogtooth” which I recently discovered on Netflix is one of the most quietly unnerving movies I’ve ever seen. To give you some basic plot points; A mother and father have raised their three children in isolation from the world outside of their home, and have further impeded their understanding of the world by confusing their words so that one word means something totally different. For example the word “sea” really means “chair”, and so on.
For many years this has been a harmonious, if creepy, existence, but suddenly everything changes. The father brings a stranger into the home which shakes up the family and plants a seed of curiosity in the minds of his children…They become more rebellious and unruly, until at the end it all comes to a violent halt.
“Dogtooth” is a really creative and visually rich film, that tackles the subject of lengthy isolation and the malleability of the human condition…I’d encourage you to watch it just for the experience.