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

David and the other loners pose as couples in town and browse ordinary household shops.

Scene 75 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 57 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 75

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.
Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
Scene 69
Shortsighted Woman’s voice-over says she first saw David exercising and thought he seemed presentable.
Just before
Scene 72
The Maid secretly gives the Loner Leader a gun, room key, and couple list, then describes her plan to kill her dentist.
Scene 73
The Loner Leader invites David into town and instructs him to look like a respectable couple.
Scene 74
The Loner Leader retrieves a suit from a tree hollow and gives it to David; it fits.
Scene 75
This scene

75EXT. THE TOWN - MORNING

A typical urban environment. Couples, cars, buses, kids, shops. David has his arm around Shortsighted Woman and Loner Leader has her arm around Loner Swimmer. They’re dressed like office workers. They walk through the town and enter a shopping centre. They seem happy. They stare at the shop windows, then browse random things like nail polish, paint brushes, cotton sheets and wooden frames.