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

Limping Man tries to climb rocks during the hunt but cannot manage it.

Scene 28 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 21 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 28

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 25
David takes his gun from Room 101 and leaves as the dog watches.
Scene 26
David urges Limping Man to use surprise instead of speed; Limping Man accepts the advice with renewed hope.
Scene 27
Hotel guests get off the coach with torches and tranquilliser guns and begin hunting the loners.
Scene 28
This scene

28EXT. THE WOODS - EVENING

Limping Man struggles to run. He tries to climb some rocks but doesn’t manage it.