Animality versus humanity: an ecocritical study of the film The Lobster

Authors

  • João Pedro Amaral UFSM
  • Suenio Stevenson Tomaz da Silva UFCG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rzm.v14i01.20410

Keywords:

Anthropocentric perspective., The Lobster, Animalities, Intermediality, Ecocriticism

Abstract

Yorgos Lanthimos’ film The Lobster (2015) satirizes societal control over relationships in a dystopian world where single individuals are given 45 days to find a partner or will be transformed into an animal. Through an ecocritical lens, this study analyzes, with a focus on the protagonist David, how the film addresses the animality/humanity relation, exposing structural violence against animals and the pathologization of loneliness.

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Published

2025-08-08

How to Cite

Animality versus humanity: an ecocritical study of the film The Lobster. (2025). Rizoma, 14(01), 19. https://doi.org/10.17058/rzm.v14i01.20410