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

David returns downstairs and sees a shortsighted man eating a tuna-mayonnaise sandwich; action says he is not handsome while female V.O. describes his shoes and food.

Scene 4 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Female V.o.

Act oneAct two

Begins 1 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 4

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
David dresses slowly and leaves his slippers; female V.O. says his brown shoes are best and calls the other man very handsome.
Scene 4
This scene

4INT. TOWN HOUSE SITTING ROOM - MORNING

David goes down the stairs that lead to the sitting room. In the sitting room sits a MAN who is not handsome. He too is shortsighted and wears glasses. He eats a tuna-mayonnaise sandwich.

FEMALE V.O.

He was eating a tuna-mayonnaise

sandwich and wearing a pair of

black lace-up shoes. She was in the

kitchen. David sat in the armchair

and looked at his watch. His wife

entered the room and left a glass

of Coca-Cola Light for the man

eating the sandwich and then went

to the window.