The Lobster · written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou · 2015

The Leader tricks the blind Shortsighted Woman into thinking she is fighting her; Shortsighted Woman stabs Loner Narrator, then the Leader presses a small razor blade into her fist.

Scene 106 of 123 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Last scene of act two

Plot Point II
Save the Cat: All Is Lost
Loner Leader
Shortsighted Woman

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:15 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 106

After his wife leaves him, David has 45 days to find a partner at a hotel or become an animal; he escapes, falls for a shortsighted loner, and must decide whether to surrender his sight so they can stay together.

Scenes 1–15
David moves from his broken home into the hotel, where couplehood is imposed as the norm.
Scenes 16–24
He must find a partner before the 45-day limit turns him into an animal.
Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
Scenes 63–84
He adapts to loner customs and cautiously begins a connection with Shortsighted Woman.
Scenes 85–100
They build a secret language and plan to leave the loner community together.
Just before
Scene 103
The doctor assures them the routine laser surgery will restore Shortsighted Woman’s vision, but she remains uneasy.
Scene 104
The doctor anaesthetizes Shortsighted Woman and lays out scalpels instead of the promised laser equipment.
Scene 105
The doctor returns Shortsighted Woman with her eyes bandaged, then whispers to the Loner Leader that she is blind, as requested.
Scene 106
This scene

106EXT. THE WOODS - DAY

Shortsighted Woman, kneeling on the ground, holds a knife. It looks like there’s just been a fight. She’s flushed red.

Unable to see, her eyes still bandaged up, Shortsighted Woman threatens anyone who might be close to her with her knife. Loner Leader and Loner Narrator keep their distance.

LONER LEADER

Throw down your knife and stand up.

SHORTSIGHTED WOMAN

No.

LONER LEADER

You’re being completely irrational.

I understand you’re upset by the

unexpected results but to accuse me

is very insulting to say the least.

The doctor said there were some

unforeseen complications after your

surgery. That is all. Who would

have guessed such a simple

procedure could have such

catastrophic results? No one.

Anyway, what reason could I

possibly have had to do such a

hideous thing on purpose?

SHORTSIGHTED WOMAN

Why did you have to blind me? You

could have blinded him.

LONER LEADER

I have no idea what you’re talking

about. The drugs are messing with

your head. If I were you, I’d try

and be a little braver about the

whole thing. Now get up and give me

the knife, or I’ll hit you and take

it by force.

Shortsighted Woman says nothing. She’s still holding the knife in a threatening manner.

LONER LEADER (CONT’D)

Here I come.

Loner Leader signals to Loner Narrator, who goes over to Shortsighted Woman. She grabs the hand holding the knife and they begin to fight. Loner Leader speaks close to Loner Narrator’s head, so that the Shortsighted Woman, who is now