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To maintain this absolute control, the parents systematically alter reality. They teach their children fake meanings for words that represent external concepts. For example, "sea" means a leather armchair, "zombie" means a small yellow flower, and "highway" means a strong wind.

( Kynodontas ), a psychological drama directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. 🎬 The 2009 Feature Film dogtooth -2009-

: The story is widely interpreted as an allegory for authoritarianism , the fragility of truth, and the extreme lengths of parental control. ( Kynodontas ), a psychological drama directed by

The most common allegory. The father is the dictator. The mother is the complicit bureaucracy. The children are the citizens, raised on propaganda, unable to conceive of dissent. The “outside” is democracy or free thought. The bloody escape attempts represent revolution—noble, but often self-destructive. The father is the dictator