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This article contains major spoilers for The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).
So what actually happens at the end?
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, runs 121 minutes, sits in the drama genre. Plot setup: Dr. The scene-by-scene breakdown of the closing act follows below.
Plot recap leading into the ending
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Camp. It follows a cardiac surgeon who introduces his family to a teenage boy with a connection to his past, after which they mysteriously begin to fall ill.
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