The Lobster was one of my favourites from 2015. Wouldn't have dared to imagine it will come to this feeling of admiration after watching the first 15 minutes, which were frankly kind of annoying. It took me plenty of time to ease into the strange and uncomfortable dystopia Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou present us with. They have also co-written the obnoxious Kyodontas, which shocked and amazed us in 2009 and likewise displays a world of tremendous control.

For me, it was basically the most romantic movie I've seen in a while. The sign language, the caring, the sacrifice... It is clear that the film, in essence, is a dreamy and tender one. How much would you be willing to sacrifice to be with the one you love? How much would you change?

I particularly enjoyed the natural settings, the variety of animals randomly showing up (the pink flamingo was a delight), the detailed differentiation of the two worlds: the couple-based general society versus the cast-out single-people-society, both with its own restrictions and rules. Both so cruelly punishing those who do not obey or fit in. This imagined universe was maybe so hard to get used to because of the absurdity of some happenings, like the transformation concept, metamorphoses, transfiguration, reincarnation, which, taken this literally, stretched my boundaries of credibility. But fortunately acceptance and imagination took charge.

It is a philosophic work of art, which after the actual viewing, keeps lingering on, swimming around in the depth of your mind, sometimes surfacing. At random moments you can catch yourself focusing on some visual detail which got somehow remembered, or reflecting on a new analogy your neurons surprise you with. Definitely the kind of film that stays with you, haunting your unconscious long after the closing credits roll.