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

The Loner Leader invites a sad David to accompany her and her pig on a truffle hunt.

Scene 108 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Loner Leader
David

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:19 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 108

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 105
The doctor returns Shortsighted Woman with her eyes bandaged, then whispers to the Loner Leader that she is blind, as requested.
Scene 106
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 107
David meets the blinded woman; she admits the leader caused it, and he promises they will find a way forward.
Scene 108
This scene

108EXT. THE WOODS - NIGHT

Some loners sleep, others listen to music around a battery- operated lantern. David lies on the ground and seems very sad. Loner Leader goes up to David, holding a pig on a leash.

LONER LEADER

I’m going to hunt for truffles. Do

you want to come and keep me

company?

DAVID

I’m a little sleepy.

LONER LEADER

We won’t be long. I’ve found a spot

where there are lots of them. We

won’t be long, I promise. Come on.

David gets up.