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

The Loner Leader praises David’s first day in town, and Shortsighted Woman tightens her grip on his hand.

Scene 81 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Loner Leader
David

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:00 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 81

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 78
David and Shortsighted Woman walk hand in hand through town and discover that they share shortsightedness.
Scene 79
The Loner Leader greets her elderly father at his front door.
Scene 80
At the father’s garden, David invents a family life and professes devotion to Shortsighted Woman, sealing the lie with a kiss.
Scene 81
This scene

81EXT. TOWN STREET - DAY

The two supposed couples walk down the street. David and Shortsighted Woman walk in perfect sync.

LONER LEADER

Well done. For your first day in

town, you did great. That bit about

holiday destinations in the

Mediterranean was brilliant.

DAVID

Thank you very much.

They feel proud. Shortsighted Woman tightens her grip on David’s hand.