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

Biscuit Woman lies injured after jumping; David hides his distress and pretends to be indifferent when Heartless Woman asks what happened.

Scene 50 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

David
Heartless Woman

Act oneAct two

Begins 40 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 50

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.
Scene 25
David loads a tranquilliser gun and joins the hotel’s hunt, entering its violent courtship system.
Just before
Scene 47
Nosebleed Woman’s Best Friend reads a farewell letter, slaps her, and chooses to spend her final night watching a film alone.
Scene 48
David watches Limping Man and Nosebleed Woman say goodbye to a released pony, then ignores a call from Biscuit Woman.
Scene 49
David watches a couple play basketball as the narrator recounts how she escaped the hotel after killing two people.
Scene 50
This scene

50EXT. HOTEL GROUNDS - DAY

David heads back towards his room carrying golf equipment. He sees a crowd of people. Biscuit Woman lies on the ground, covered in blood. She isn’t dead and is screaming in pain. David runs towards the crowd. He sees the injured woman lying on the ground and shuts his eyes. He turns away as he can’t stand to see her suffer. He spots Heartless Woman and instantly changes his facial expression. He tries hard to look calm and indifferent.

DAVID

What happened?

HEARTLESS WOMAN

She jumped from the balcony of Room

180.

DAVID

I hope she dies right away. On

second thought, I hope she suffers

quite a bit before she dies. I just

hope her pathetic screams can’t be

heard from my room because I’m

thinking about having a lie down

and I need peace and quiet. I was

playing golf and I’m quite tired

and the last thing I need is a

women dying slowly and loudly.

HEARTLESS WOMAN

I can’t hear you with all this

screaming. We’ll talk some other

time when it’s quieter. Bye.

Heartless Woman leaves. David turns and watches her leave. TWO WAITERS arrive with a stretcher.