The Lobster: Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. With Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman. In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.