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category:
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date: '2024-02-07'
description: a surgeon's family sickens after he refuses responsibility for a patient's death. martin demands that steven kill one family member to save the others, turning the story of iphigenia into a suburban curse.
director: Yorgos Lanthimos
id: the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:18 GMT-04:00
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rating: 7
status: to watch
studio: element pictures
tags:
  - thriller
  - absurdism
  - r/psychology
title: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
year: 2017
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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