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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release2017

Runtime2h 1m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$10,700,000

Production

Element Pictures

TPC

Film4 Productions

New Sparta Films

Limp

HanWay Films

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Movie

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

2h 1m

7.0

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Synopsis

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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