The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Theatrical - Wide 2017-10-27

Cast Colin Farrell Nicole Kidman Barry Keoghan Raffey Cassidy Sunny Suljic
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Box Office Gross: $10,700,000

Running Time: 121 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Element Pictures, TPC, Film4 Productions, New Sparta Films, Limp, HanWay Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller

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Synopsis

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor’s life... See more in gradually unsettling ways.

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