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The Killing of a Sacred Deer( 2017)

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Overview

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 in gradually unsettling ways.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Colin Farrell

      Steven Murphy

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      Nicole Kidman

      Anna Murphy

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      Barry Keoghan

      Martin Lang

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      Raffey Cassidy

      Kim Murphy

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      Sunny Suljic

      Bob Murphy

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      Bill Camp

      Matthew Williams

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      Alicia Silverstone

      Martin's Mother

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      Herb Caillouet

      Ed Thompson (Hospital Director)

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      Barry G. Bernson

      Dr. Larry Banks

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      Denise Dal Vera

      Mary Williams

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      Drew Logan

      Principal

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      Ming Wang

      Doctor (Abdominal)

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      Michael Trester

      Elderly Man

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      Anita Farmer Bergman

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Lea Hutton Beasmore

      Conference Guest (uncredited)

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      Dylan Keith Adams

      Doctor at Conference and Event Dinner (uncredited)

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      Charles Poole

      Patient / Fisherman (uncredited)

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      John W. Harden

      Conference Guest / Paramedic (uncredited)

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      Bryant Bentley

      Paramedic (uncredited)

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      Aaron Pullins IV

      Medical Conference Attendee (uncredited)

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      Joanne Popolin

      Medical Conference Attendee (uncredited)

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      Carly Tamborski

      Doctor at Conference (uncredited)

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      David Pittinger

      Student's Dad (uncredited)

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      Michael Lee Bailey

      Conference Guest (uncredited)

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      John Newsom

      Doctor at Banquet (uncredited)

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      Robert Gerding

      Visiting Consultant (uncredited)

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      William C. Ingram

      Janitor (uncredited)

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      Beverly Kristy

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Derek Polen

      Conference Guest (uncredited)

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      John E. Brownlee

      Coastal Walker (uncredited)

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    A review by jessetaylor

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    Written by jessetaylor on Fri Sep 15 2017
    My immediate response as soon as this finished was "MASTERPIECE." Lanthimos is back to _Dogtooth_-level craziness with this film and I couldn't be happier. _The Lobster_ was a favourite of mine in 2016, but something about this one's hopelessness drew me in more - odd, I know. Lanthimos' films have characters stuck in dead end situations where they are able to make a choice, but the results of the options are bad and worse. It's a dour story and the film is relentlessly unsettling, but this is what I've come to expect and want out of this Greek maestro. Sacred Deer is a suburban Greek traged...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    10700000.00

    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • hostage
    • psychopath
    • insanity
    • blackmail
    • surgeon
    • paralysis
    • dysfunctional family
    • paranormal
    • revenge
    • hospital
    • cruelty
    • brutality
    • cafe
    • cardiologist
    • recovering alcoholic
    • open heart surgery