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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
With: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy, Barry Keoghan, Bill Camp, and Alicia Silverstone
Cinematography: Thimios Bakatakis
Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Runtime: 121 min
Release Date: 03 November 2017
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color

An austere allegory; not as original or funny as Lanthimos's previous work, but a good feel-bad film for those who relish stories of bourgeois comeuppance.