The connection these siblings have with their parents is quite similar to the affiliation between a citizen and his government or a believer and his religious institution. The implications of this film can be applied to any number of societal relationships. Any solution to this problem is bound to upset the already fragile artificial world in which they live.
Further, in what seems to be a recent development the children are seeking an outlet for their sexual needs while the parents can prevent them from being exposed to any stimulus they cannot stop biological urges from surfacing. Still, like any human they yearn for answers and they have a certain half formed desire to be the masters of their own destinies.
This Eden-like setting is a blessing and a curse: the characters are free of most problems that face normal people they have no real responsibility and thus no worry. The parents' theory seems to be that the world is a terrible place and contact with it is more damaging than an isolated life. Additionally, the siblings are taught the wrong words for certain objects and concepts, thus a "salt shaker" becomes a "telephone." These young people have been given a mostly carefree extended childhood at the cost of ever having any autonomy or knowledge. In fact the parents deliberately mislead them with nonsense on nearly every topic, for instance they claim that men are commonly killed by cats. The film is about three young adults who live with their parents in a large but isolated walled compound the two young women and the young man have no knowledge of the world outside of this place and not much of the world inside of it. The absurd situations in this film became humorous several times but I always choked on my laughter as the subject matter was too serious to be funny. Reviewed by timmy_501 9 / 10 The human condition reduced to an absurdityĭogtooth is not a comedy. Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? With this in mind, how can an ordinary dogtooth stand in the way of happiness? Then, a bad influence in the shape of security guard Christina enters the equation, and suddenly, sweet, baffling temptation threatens years of meticulous mind-programming. And, as the cruel patriarch and his frigid wife deliberately keep their unsuspecting, submissive children in the dark, freedom is nothing but a word. As a result, holed up in their beautiful, high-walled prison, the siblings rely on their cold, manipulative parents to learn about the ways of the world, taking reality-defying lessons from instructional cassette tapes. Kept on a short leash through a volatile mixture of indoctrination, misinformation and fear, three grown-up siblings-two sisters and one brother-find themselves confined to their lavish, isolated villa.
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