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

They hide from the hotel coach on the road; she asks for a rabbit, while David insists they reach town without delay.

Scene 120 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

David
Shortsighted Woman

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:25 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 120

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.
Scenes 101–118
The leader uses a promised operation to blind Shortsighted Woman and David retaliates to free her.
Just before
Scene 117
David attacks and abducts the Loner Leader, tying and gagging her.
Scene 118
The bound leader lies in David’s shallow grave while dogs circle and she struggles to free herself.
Scene 119
David and Shortsighted Woman leave the woods in civilian clothes, but his suit is too tight and they keep walking.
Scene 120
This scene

120EXT. MAIN ROAD - MIDDAY

David and Shortsighted Woman come out of the woods and onto the road. They walk more slowly now. David hears a noise. He turns and sees a vehicle coming in the distance. He pulls Shortsighted Woman off the road and they hide in some bushes. The vehicle passes them. It is the hotel coach heading into town.

DAVID

It’s gone. They didn’t see us.

SHORTSIGHTED WOMAN

I’m a little hungry. If you see a

rabbit, kill it and we’ll eat.

DAVID

We don’t have time to hunt. We’ll

eat when we get into town.

Everything has to happen as we

said, without delay, without

wasting time for no reason. We have

to reach the restaurant before rush

hour. It’ll be much easier if there

aren’t lots of people coming and

going in the toilets.

SHORTSIGHTED WOMAN

Have you decided how you’re going

to do it?

DAVID

No.

SHORTSIGHTED WOMAN

Alright. Let’s not waste any more

time talking. Let’s go.

They get up and head off again down the road.

121 IV. THE TOWN