Play (2011)

Directed by

Ruben Östlund

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Sweden

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A group of black boys use psychological manipulation to rob a smaller group of white boys. The film follows the dynamic of this encounter without offering easy judgments.

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What happens

Play is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund, and written by Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff. Inspired by actual court cases, it portrays a group of black boys who rob a smaller group of white boys by means of a psychological game. The film was heavily debated in the Swedish press. It won the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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