The Square (2017)

Directed by

Ruben Östlund

Genre

comedy drama, satirical film

Country

Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden

Runtime

2h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 1,747 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A respected art museum curator in Stockholm faces a series of escalating public embarrassments after a petty theft. His efforts to promote his institution's latest exhibition lead to increasingly absurd and morally questionable situations.

satiricalawkwarduncomfortabledeadpanprovocativecerebraltensebleakly comic

What happens

The Square is a 2017 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund. The film stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. A Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark, it was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made. Östlund was also inspired by a notorious incident involving Oleg Kulik and cast Notary in a parody, drawing on Notary's experience imitating apes. The film was entered into the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Palme d'Or. It was subsequently selected for the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to win six European Film Awards, including Best Film; two Guldbagge Awards, including Best Director; and other honours. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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