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** Hard to understand.understand
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* LeFilmArtistique: [[NoBudget Low budget]], in a foreign language, depressing and offensive.
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* ShoutOut: After watching tapes Christine gives her, the oldest is constantly quoting movies that the film's director said he loved.
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* AdultChild: Played for drama with the children. All are sexually mature, in their late teens to early twenties, yet they act like children since they haven't been exposed to enough of the world to grow up. They invent games to pass the long days at home, and wrestle like little kids over toys. This trope is used to demonstrate the paralyzing effects of isolation from the real world.
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* ManChild: Played for drama with the children. All are sexually mature, in their late teens to early twenties, yet they act like children since they haven't been exposed to enough of the world to grow up. They invent games to pass the long days at home, and wrestle like little kids over toys. This trope is used to demonstrate the paralyzing effects of isolation from the real world.
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* SteadiCam: Most of the shots are rock-solid, to the point where characters' heads may be cut off because they don't happen to be in the frame. Switches to ShakyCam for a few scenes and for most of the ending.
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* WomenAreWiser: The daughters are notably more motivated and intelligent than the son - in particular, the eldest daughter [[spoiler: eventually finds a way to escape the estate.]]
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* AdultChild: Played for drama with the children. All are sexually mature, in their late teens to early twenties, yet they act like children since they haven't been exposed to enough of the world to grow up. They invent games to pass the long days at home, and wrestle like little kids over toys. This trope is used to demonstrate the paralyzing effects of isolation from the real world.
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* MoodWhiplash: Zigzags between drama, horror, and comedy. One example is after the cat's death and the funeral for a departed brother, the father instruct the kids to get down on their knees and bark like dogs, which is pretty funny. It's startling to be laughing when you've just witnessed such a downer scene.
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* SmallSecludedWorld: The estate again.
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* AmateurCast: Most of the actors haven't had much of an acting history, if at all. The director has stated that he prefers working with amateurs, as he finds their performances more pure.
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* AllMenArePerverts: The idea that men are innately sexual is recognized and subverted with the son. The whole reason Christina is brought in is to satisfy the son's presumed sexual needs, but he eventually rejects her.
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* KnightTemplarParent: Both of the parents, but especially the dad, who'll stop at nothing to protect his children from the dangers of the outside world.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: VHS tapes, taped to a hand, as well as a whole movie player later on.
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Played with. To convince the children of the dangers of cats, the father splatters red paint on his white shirt and tears it, implying that a cat mauled him.
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* SliceOfLife: For the most part, although the plot does ramp up near the end.
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''Dogtooth'' (2009) is a Greek arthouse drama that won the "Un Certain Regard" award at Cannes. A husband and wife keep their three adult-age children within the walls of their expansive country estate, warning them of the supposed dangers of the outside world. The parents explain that the children can leave only when their "dogtooth" (i.e. their canine) falls out. Having no other options, the kids spend their days engaging in strange games and learning about the world around them. Their only outside visitor is Christina, a security guard at the father's workplace, who is brought in for sexual interaction with the son. As she interacts with the children, she reveals concepts and introduces outside realities that spark their curiosity and tantalize them to escape.
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''Dogtooth'' (2009) is a Greek arthouse drama that won the "Un Certain Regard" award at Cannes. A husband and wife keep their three adult-age children within the walls of their expansive country estate, warning them of the supposed dangers of the outside world. Their only outside visitor is Christina, a security guard at the father's workplace, who is brought in for sexual interaction with the son. As she interacts with the children, she reveals concepts and introduces outside realities that spark their curiosity and tantalize them to escape.
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''Dogtooth'' (2009) is a Greek arthouse drama that won the "Un Certain Regard" award at Cannes. A husband and wife keep their three adult-age children within the walls of their expansive country estate, warning them of the supposed dangers of the outside world. The parents explain that the children can leave only when their "dogtooth" (i.e. their canine) falls out. Their only outside visitor is Christina, a security guard at the father's workplace, who is brought in for sexual interaction with the son. As she interacts with the children, she reveals concepts and introduces outside realities that spark their curiosity and tantalize them to escape.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: After the eldest daughter knocks out her canine, she escapes and hides in the trunk of the car. The family goes out and tries to find her, but to no avail. The following morning, the father drives to work; the last shot is of the trunk of the car.]] Could also be considered as NoEnding.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Various examples crop up throughout the film, although the extent to which the kids recognize the significance of incest is zigzagged. The kids lick each others' body parts (ears, shoulders, abdomens) for favours, but this is desexualized; after Christina instructs the youngest to lick her [[UnusualEuphemism keyboard]] for a headband, the youngest does the same to her sister, and again this seems to be non-sexual. However, once Christina is banned from the house, the son is instructed to fondle both sisters in the bath and decide which one he likes the best. He chooses the eldest, who is extremely uncomfortable during the sex and hostile afterwards, indicating that she may realize the nature of the act.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Various examples crop up throughout the film, although the extent to which the kids recognize the significance of incest is zigzagged. The kids lick each others' body parts (ears, shoulders, abdomens) for favours, but this is desexualized; after Christina instructs the youngest to lick her [[UnusualEuphemism keyboard]] for a headband, the youngest does the same to her sister, and again this seems to be non-sexual. However, once Christina is banned from the house, the son is instructed to fondle both sisters in the bath and decide which one he likes the best. He chooses the eldest, who is extremely uncomfortable during the sex and hostile afterwards, indicating that she may realize the nature of the act.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Various examples crop up throughout the film, although the extent to which the kids recognize the significance of incest is zigzagged. The kids lick each others' body parts (ears, shoulders, abdomens) for favours, but this is desexualized; after Christina instructs the youngest to lick her [[UnusualEuphemism keyboard]] for a headband, the youngest does the same to her sister, and again this seems to be non-sexual. However, once Christina is banned from the house, the son is instructed to fondle both sisters in the bath and decide which one he likes the best. He chooses the eldest, who is extremely uncomfortable during the sex and hostile afterwards, indicating that she may realize the nature of the act.
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''Dogtooth'' (2009) is a Greek arthouse drama that won the "Un Certain Regard" award at Cannes. A husband and wife keep their three adult-age children within the walls of their expansive country estate, warning them of the supposed dangers of the outside world. Their only outside visitor is Christina, a security guard at the father's workplace, who is brought in for sexual interaction with the son. As she interacts with the children, she reveals concepts and introduces outside realities that spark their curiosity and tantalize them to escape.
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* [[BlatantLies Definitely Not a]] RunningGag
* TropeMaker: Obviously enough, for the entire RTS genre.
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