Before he directed Olivia Colman to an Oscar in “The Favourite” (2018), even before “Dogtooth” won an award at Cannes in 2009 and cemented his reputation as a filmmaker to watch, the Greek-born director Yorgos Lanthimos made “Kinetta,” his solo debut feature. The movie has made scattered appearances in the United States since it premiered in 2005 but is only now receiving its first weeklong run in New York, at the Museum of the Moving Image.

This semi-plotless film, set around a Greek seaside resort, involves three characters who appear to be making a movie, of sorts. The amateur film, shot by a bearded man (Aris Servatelis) who runs a photo shop, stars a hotel maid (Evangelia Randou) in the leading role. She is directed by a third man (Costas Xikominos) in scenes of abuse or humiliation. His bizarrely specific instructions on how to pose and move tend to result in actual injuries.