The Killing of a Sacred Deer
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Director | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| Cast | Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic |
| Genre | Psychological horror |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | – |
| Español | El sacrificio del ciervo sagrado | El sacrificio del ciervo sagrado |
| Français | Mise à mort du cerf sacré | Mise à mort du cerf sacré |
| Deutsch | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | The Killing of a Sacred Deer |
| Português | O Sacrifício do Cervo Sagrado | O Sacrifício do Cervo Sagrado |
| Italiano | Il sacrificio del cervo sacro | Il sacrificio del cervo sacro |
| Русский | Убийство священного оленя | Ubiystvo svyashchennogo olenya |
| 中文（简体） | 圣鹿之死 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 聖鹿之死 | – |
| 한국어 | 킬링 디어 | Killing Dieo |
| ไทย | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | The Killing of a Sacred Deer |
| Tiếng Việt | Cái chết của con nai thiêng | Cái chết của con nai thiêng |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | The Killing of a Sacred Deer |
| 日本語 | 聖なる鹿殺し キリング・オブ・ア・セイクリッド・ディア | Sei naru Shikagoroshi Kiringu obu a Seikuriddo Dia |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which surgical control and sacrificial justice collide within a family forced into impossible moral payment
■ Synopsis
A surgeon’s hidden guilt returns through a boy who demands a sacrifice from the doctor’s family.
■ RECIPE Tags
#SacrificialJustice #InheritedPunishment #MoralDebt #FamilyAsPayment
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can guilt be contained by status and rational control?
Reason: Professional authority fails when concealed wrongdoing returns as moral debt.
Related Film: Caché - Middle: Can one life be balanced by another life?
Reason: The family is forced into a sacrificial arithmetic that rejects ordinary justice.
Related Film: Oldboy - Core: Does punishment become monstrous when justice loses human measure?
Reason: Retribution restores balance only by destroying the moral ground of choice.
Related Film: Funny Games
■ Secondary Axes
- Family as collateral: Private sin is transferred onto innocent family members.
Related Film: We Need to Talk About Kevin - Rationality collapse: Clinical order breaks under an irrational but binding law.
Related Film: Dogtooth
■ Person
- Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic
■ Structural Tags
#SacrificialExchange #GuiltReturn #ForcedChoice
■ Attribute Tags
#BritishIrishFilm #2017Film #PsychologicalHorror
