The Killing of a Sacred Deer
“A brilliant surgeon is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart.”
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
29 people
Colin Farrell
Steven Murphy
Known for
The Lobster
Total Recall
Nicole Kidman
Anna Murphy
Known for
The Others
Eyes Wide Shut
Barry Keoghan
Martin Lang
Known for
Chernobyl
Saltburn
Raffey Cassidy
Kim Murphy
Known for
Tomorrowland
The Brutalist
Sunny Suljic
Bob Murphy
Known for
mid90s
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Bill Camp
Matthew Williams
Known for
The Queen's Gambit
The Outsider
Alicia Silverstone
Martin's Mother
Known for
Clueless
Batman & Robin
Herb Caillouet
Ed Thompson (Hospital Director)
No other roles listed
Barry G. Bernson
Dr. Larry Banks
Also in
Dark Waters
Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2
Denise Dal Vera
Mary Williams
Known for
Dark Waters
Rust Creek
Drew Logan
Principal
Also in
Healed
Michael Trester
Elderly Man
No other roles listed
Yorgos Lanthimos Director · Efthimis Filippou Writer Thimios Bakatakis Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $3M · United States release October 20, 2017
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,700,000
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
Element Pictures
Production
TPC
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
New Sparta Films
Production
Limp
Production
HanWay Films
Production
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
A24
Studio · Production
Irish Film Board
Production
Limp Films
Production
Three Point Capital
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Ireland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · May 22, 2017
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 20, 2017
Limited theatrical
United States
September 22, 2017 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Australia
August 12, 2017 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical
November 16, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Belgium
November 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 2017 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
November 3, 2017 · Limited theatrical · movie score rate is : m
Czechia
November 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Estonia
January 19, 2018 · Theatrical
Finland
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical
France
September 7, 2017 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
November 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Germany
December 28, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
November 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 28, 2017 · Digital
Indonesia
January 3, 2018 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Italy
June 28, 2018 · Theatrical
May 11, 2021 · TV · Rai Movie
Japan
March 3, 2018 · Digital
Mexico
February 9, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 1, 2017 · Premiere · Parool Film Fest
November 29, 2017 · Theatrical
April 10, 2018 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
August 1, 2017 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
October 4, 2017 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival
November 24, 2017 · Theatrical
Philippines
October 19, 2017 · Premiere · QCinema International Film Festival
Poland
December 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 4, 2018 · Theatrical
Romania
January 26, 2018 · Theatrical
Russia
February 15, 2018 · Theatrical
Slovenia
November 23, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 12, 2018 · Theatrical
Spain
December 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 10, 2017 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 5, 2017 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
November 1, 2017 · Theatrical · Suisse romande
January 11, 2018 · Theatrical · Deutschschweiz
Taiwan
December 22, 2017 · Theatrical
Thailand
November 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 28, 2017 · Theatrical
February 22, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 3, 2017 · Theatrical
March 5, 2018 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
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