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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

This film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. Farrell plays Steven, “a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behaviour of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.” Kidman plays Farrell’s wife, with Silverstone as the boy’s mother; Raffey Cassidy, Bill Camp, Barry Keoghan and Sunny Suljic round out the ensemble.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer Mise à mort du cerf sacré / surgeon chirurgien / to fall, fell, fallen apart s’effondrer / behaviour comportement / teenage adolescent / to take, took, taken sb under one’s wing prendre qn sous son aile / to turn ici, devenir / wife femme, épouse / to round out compléter / ensemble ici, distribution (acteurs).

Okja

This South Korean-American action-adventure movie directed by Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Bong and Jon Ronson stars Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Byun Hee-bong, and Shirley Henderson. A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named Okja. to prevent (from +ger.) empêcher (de) / massive énorme, gigantesque.