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

David takes his gun from Room 101 and leaves as the dog watches.

Scene 25 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Save the Cat: Break into Two

Act oneAct two

Begins 20 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 25

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.
Just before
Scene 22
Limping Man feeds zoo wolves while recounting how his mother became a wolf and how he acquired his limp.
Scene 23
A guest boasts of his beautiful face before the Hotel Manager reads references that contradict him.
Scene 24
Biscuit Woman is rejected by Heartless Woman and joins Nosebleed Woman’s table; Nosebleed Woman dances with David, then her nose bleeds on his shirt.
Scene 25
This scene

25INT. ROOM 101 - EVENING

David quickly enters his room. He takes the tranquilliser gun off the wall and loads it. He leaves the room. The dog looks at him but doesn’t react.