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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

A brilliant surgeon is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart.

2017 · R · 2h 1m

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

7.0

TMDB audience score
4,640 votes, out of 10

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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 in gradually unsettling ways.

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Cast

  • Colin Farrell
    Steven Murphy

  • Nicole Kidman
    Anna Murphy

  • Barry Keoghan
    Martin Lang

  • Raffey Cassidy
    Kim Murphy

  • Sunny Suljic
    Bob Murphy

  • Bill Camp
    Matthew Williams

  • Alicia Silverstone
    Martin's Mother

  • Herb Caillouet
    Ed Thompson (Hospital Director)

  • Barry G. Bernson
    Dr. Larry Banks

  • Denise Dal Vera
    Mary Williams

  • Drew Logan
    Principal

  • Michael Trester
    Elderly Man

  • Anita Farmer Bergman
    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Lea Hutton Beasmore
    Conference Guest (uncredited)

  • Dylan Keith Adams
    Doctor at Conference and Event Dinner (uncredited)

  • Charles Poole
    Patient / Fisherman (uncredited)

  • John W. Harden
    Conference Guest / Paramedic (uncredited)

  • Bryant Bentley
    Paramedic (uncredited)