Dogtooth Opens June 25 in New York

Cole Smithey

Dogtooth

(2009), by Yorgos Lanthimos, Opens on June 25 at New York's Cinema
Village

Kino International

April 14, 2010

New York, April 14, 2010

– After
winning the top prize
in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and
having its NY premiere at this year's

prestigious New Directors / New Films
series, Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (2009) is set to begin
its commercial theatrical run on June 25 at New York's Cinema Village.

Following
the highly anticipated NY opening, Dogtooth

will move to other US cities during
the summer and fall of 2010, before a DVD and Blu-ray release at the end
of the year. Updated theatrical dates can be found at the film's official website, located at www.kino.com/dogtooth.

Focusing
on three "teenagers" confined to an isolated country estate, Dogtooth

tells the story of a nuclear family tightly run by
über-controlling parents.

Dogtooth Still #1 While the trio is
being educated, entertained and exercised in the manner that
their parents deem appropriate (i.e. without any influence from the
outside
world), the trio spends their days listening to endless homemade tapes
that
teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any outside word is instantly
assigned a new meaning, so "the sea" refers to a large
armchair and "zombies" are little yellow flowers.

Dogtooth Still #2 The only person
allowed to enter the house is Christina, a woman who works as a
security guard at the family business. The father arranges her visits to
the
house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son – and the entire
family is fond
of her.

But one day, Christina gives a
present to the eldest daughter: a headband with stones that glow in the
dark. And when she asks for
something in return, the family's delicate harmony is shaken to its
core.

Please, write to Rodrigo@kinolorber.com

(or call 212 /
629-6880, ext. 12)

in order to RSVP to one of the following press screenings:

CLICK HERE TO SEE DOGTOOTH'S UK TRAILER

Dogtooth

(2009)
Greece

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Duration: 96 mins

In Greek with English Subtitles

Other films currently in
release (or opening soon) through Kino International

are: Ajami, Oscar-nominated for Best
Foreign Film from Israel; Metropolis
(the 2010 restoration) premiering at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles,
April
25 as part of the TCM Festival, followed by its theatrical premiere at
Film
Forum New York starting May 7; Winnebago
Man, a critically acclaimed documentary about the "angriest man in
the
world," and Double Take, opening at
Film Forum New York in June.

About Kino
Lorber

Kino Lorber is the newly formed company that combines the resources,
staffs and
libraries of Lorber Films, Alive Mind and Kino International, bringing
together
industry leaders Richard Lorber and Donald Krim to create a new leader
in
independent film distribution.