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

David dresses slowly and leaves his slippers; female V.O. says his brown shoes are best and calls the other man very handsome.

Scene 3 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Female V.o.

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Begins 1 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 3

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.

Just before
Scene 1
A woman kills a donkey on a country road; opening credits give way to the town section.
Scene 2
David’s wife tells him to hurry because the waiters are coming; David leaves the sitting room and goes upstairs.
Scene 3
This scene

3INT. TOWN HOUSE BEDROOM - MORNING

David picks out clothes from the wardrobe and gets dressed. His movements are slow and unhurried, as if he doesn’t want these final preparations to end. He stares at his slippers next to the bed. He decides not to take them with him.

FEMALE V.O.

He decided that his brown leather

shoes were the best pair to wear.

He went down the stairs into the

sitting room. There he saw the

other man for the first and last

time. He was very handsome.