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

Rocks strike the coach as poncho-clad people chase it; the driver speeds away without reacting.

Scene 8 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 4 min into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 8

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.

Scene 1
A woman calmly shoots a donkey, introducing the story’s abrupt violence toward animals.
Just before
Scene 5
When the waiters ask, David’s wife identifies him as the man she is breaking up with; he declines the book and says he is ready.
Scene 6
The waiters lead David and his dog from the house to the coach.
Scene 7
Biscuit Woman introduces herself and offers food to David and Bob, but a waiter sends her back to her seat.
Scene 8
This scene

8INT. HOTEL COACH - MORNING

David looks out the window. They have left the town and there are some woods beside the road. Suddenly a rock hits the window. David is a little shocked. He notices that the waiters do not react. David sees some people wearing ponchos running alongside the coach. They are shouting but we cannot hear what they are saying. More rocks strike the vehicle. The driver speeds up and gets away. He is completely unfazed by the incident.