A family with three grown children are held in total isolation in a walled compound. The parents are apparently trying to shelter their children from the corruption of the outside world. They teach them the wrong words for things, tell them they have a brother who has been expelled for disobeying, that cats are a physical threat and that they are stuck there until they lose a non-existent dogtooth.
As it will in adolescence sex rears its head. The woman colleague brought into the compound to service the son spreads the behavior and threatens stability.
The themes were patiently laid out here. Lots of scenes were designed to make the audience squirm...including some explicit sex. Several scenes of violence were quite realistically done.
The overall effect was powerful and unforgettable. No matter how many years go by mention of this title's name will instantly bring it back. That alone marks it as a successful film.
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