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

The disguised group buys knives, trainers, bandages, a watch, and small cartons of orange juice.

Scene 76 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 57 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 76

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 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
David and the other loners pose as couples in town and browse ordinary household shops.
Scene 76
This scene

76INT. SHOP - MORNING

They buy knives, a pair of trainers, bandages, a wrist watch and small individual cartons of orange juice.