The Lobster is a absurdist black comedy drama film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos , from a screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou. The film follows a newly single bachelor who moves into a hotel with other singles, who are all obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days, lest they be transformed into animals. The film was announced in October , with Jason Clarke originally cast in the lead role. After Clarke left production, Farrell replaced him by February , with Weisz also joining the cast after Elizabeth Olsen dropped out.
The rest of the cast was rounded out by March as principal photography began, which concluded in May. Filming largely took place in Dublin and County Kerry. David is escorted to a hotel after his wife leaves him for another man.
The hotel manager reveals that single people have 45 days to find a partner or they will be transformed into an animal of their choice the dog accompanying David is his brother Bob. David is set on becoming a lobster , should he fail.
David makes the acquaintance of Robert, a man with a lisp , and John, a man with a limp. Guests are fixated on finding a mate with whom they share superficial traits such as minor ailments, which they believe to be the key to compatibility. The hotel has many rules and rituals: masturbation is banned, but sexual stimulation by the hotel maid is mandatory, and guests attend dances and watch propaganda extolling the advantages of partnership.
Residents can extend their deadline by hunting and tranquilizing the single people who live in the forest, with each captured " loner " earning them an additional day. On the way to a hunt, a woman with a fondness for butter biscuits offers David sexual favours, which he declines. She tells him that if she fails to find a mate, she will kill herself by jumping from a hotel window. John wins the affections of a woman with constant nosebleeds by purposely smashing his nose in secret.
