The Lobster
An unconventional love story...
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
- Worldwide
- $16M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
European Film Award for Best Costume Designer
1 win
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Costume Designer
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Screenwriter
Jury Prize
1 win
- WinnerJury Prize
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
European Film Award for Best Actor
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Actor
European Film Award for Best Director
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Director
European Film Award for Best Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Lobster returned 3.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Oct 15, 2015
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Greek, English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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