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

David cuts a pony’s mane and hits it, telling the animal to like his hair now.

Scene 115 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

David

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:23 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 115

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.
Scene 106
The Leader’s deception leaves Shortsighted Woman blind and turns their covert relationship into an exposed crisis.
Just before
Scene 112
David tests her sense of touch with a cup and tennis ball; she warns him that their coded fist gesture cannot continue.
Scene 113
David sings a duet alone and lets a rabbit go instead of killing it for food.
Scene 114
The Loner Leader has David dig and lie in his own grave, covers him with soil, and leaves a flower above him.
Scene 115
This scene

115EXT. WOODS - MORNING

David walks in the forest and comes across a pony. The animal is probably the woman with the nice hair at the hotel, Nosebleed Woman’s Best Friend. David stares at the pony with a mixture of confusion and anger. His face is still full of dirt.

DAVID

Hi, how are you? It’s very nice

meeting you again.

He cuts the pony’s mane with a pair of scissors. The animal stands still. He then looks the pony in the eye and hits it across the face.

DAVID (CONT’D)

How do you like my hair now?