The swedish title was one of 19 films competing for the. Internationally acclaimed swedish director ruben ostlund was born in 1974 in styrso, a small island off the west coast of sweden. In the new swedish film the square directed by ruben ostlund, christian claes bang is the hip and handsome chief curator of xroyal, a major contemporary art museum sonamed because it is set in a former royal palace. The swedish film force majeure took festivals by storm last year thanks to a tough but blackly funny story and some great performances. This brilliant, viciously amusing takedown of bourgeois. Sep 06, 2017 chaos and the awkward aftermath of a sexual encounter are featured in magnolias new trailer for swedish drama the square.
Oct 19, 2014 a scene from the film directed by ruben ostlund. Ruben ostlund was born on april, 1974 in styrso, vastra gotalands lan, sweden as claes olle ruben ostlund. Palme dor winner ruben ostlund directed this 11minute long take short film watch incident by a bank won the golden bear at berlinale in 2009, and now its officially streaming online for the. Cannes palme dor goes to ruben ostlunds the square cannes 2017. A prestigious stockholm museums chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. Play is a 2011 swedish film drama directed by ruben ostlund and written by ostlund and erik hemmendorff. The square swedish director ruben ostlunds art world satire is one of the rare occasions when a comedy has picked up the top rrize. The square swedish director ruben ostlund s art world satire is one of the rare occasions when a comedy has picked up the top rrize. If public transportation is a metaphor for swedish society circa 2011, ostlund notices a few problems with the general apathy and passiveness of the public to. Turist, tourist is a 2014 internationally coproduced comedydrama film directed by ruben ostlund. Force majeure is a 2014 swedish film directed by ruben ostlund. The film was written and directed by ruben ostlund and stars johannes kuhnke and lisa loven kongsli.
The fathers selfish reaction to the ensuing panic causes cracks in. With merciless precision, ostlund dissects how three kids are robbed of their mobile phones by street toughs. The swedish director of force majeure and palme dor winner the square, starring elisabeth moss and dominic west, on the. Cannes film festival 2017 winners list in full nme. The film is about a curator bang who struggles with various personal issues, including the theft of his mobile phone and affair with a journalist moss. Ostlund said this was inspired by a true incident at a swedish theatre, and was depicted without fear of insensitivity, since he said all people are. In swedish director ruben ostlunds hands, a near disaster on a ski slope quietly sends a pictureperfect marriage over the edge. Downhill, directed by nat faxon and jim rash whose previous vacation comedy was the way, way back, is a remake of force majeure, a 2014 swedish film directed by ruben ostlund. Although not a documentary, most of the people seen in the film are nonactors more or less playing themselves. The square swedish director ruben ostlunds art world.
Ruben ostlund, the director of the square, explains why the art world deserves to be mocked the swedish filmmakers brutal satire set in a contemporary art museum comes to new york next month. Jan 27, 2018 the square 2017 is a swedish satirical drama film written and directed by ruben ostlund. Force majeure director ruben ostlund on his new film. Oscarnominated film director ruben ostlund is influenced by. In central gothenburg, sweden, a group of boys, aged 1214, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. His films force majeure 2014 and the satirical picture the square. The square, directed by ruben ostlund, has landed the prestigious palme dor at the cannes film festival. If public transportation is a metaphor for swedish society circa 2011, ostlund notices a few problems with the general apathy and. Magnolia nabs elisabeth moss starrer the square for the. Oct 25, 2017 the square, directed by ruben ostlund, is the swedish selection for the best foreign language film oscar here at cinema without borders we agree with most of the world cinema film critics that the square has a good chance to be among the final five nominees for the best foreign language film oscar. I wanted, though, to talk to a swedish expat who might give me a firstperson perspective on what swedish film has meant to its own community. The square director ruben ostlund wants to push cultural. Ruben ostlunds the square awarded palme dor at 2017.
May 28, 2017 the artworld satire the square has won the palme dor at the 2017 cannes film festival. During lunch at a restaurant, an avalanche bears down on the happy diners. The film is notable for its long takes with no cuts within the scenes. Force majeure sets in motion an avalanche of buried. With claes bang, elisabeth moss, dominic west, terry notary.
A conversation with ruben ostlund about swedish oscar. The square by swedish director ruben ostlund wins palme. The guitar mongoloid is a 2004 swedish film directed by ruben ostlund, about different people living outside the norms in the fictional city joteborg, strikingly similar to reallife goteborg. An avid skier, ostlund directed three ski films, alluding to his taste for long sequence shots, an affinity which he pursued and developed throughout his film studies and which to this day remains an important. This film tells the story of christian, a respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two girls.
Inside swedish canneswinner the square with director ruben. Thats the unsettling reality explored with a merciless lens in the swedish director ruben ostlunds fourth feature film, force majeure. All my films are about people trying to avoid losing. A model swedish family is on a holiday in the french alps. Claes olle ruben ostlund born april 1974 is a swedish film director and screenwriter. Four stars out of five swedish drama flick about a family on holiday in the french alps, who survive an avalanche. Force majeure director ruben ostlund on his new film the. Ruben ostlund, the director of the square, explains why the. Ruben ostlund lines up allenglishlanguage film triangle of sadness. The film will be moderated by the europe center visiting scholar. Ruben ostlunds swedish comedy the square won the coveted palme dor award. Ruben ostlund said in cannes, anything can happen in a movie when suddenly a monkey appears in. Lisa loven kongsli, an attractive swedish couple on a family ski vacation in the french alps.
Swedish art world satire the square has won the palme dor at the cannes film festival. Floods and landslides in sri lanka kill at least 151. Chaos and the awkward aftermath of a sexual encounter are featured in magnolias new trailer for swedish drama the square. Ok, the swedish filmmaker exclaimed after he bounded onto the stage to collect the prestigious palme, in a rare and somewhat surprising win for a comedy.
The film, costarring the danish actor claes bang and mad. The top 5 swedish movies on netflix and prime excursiopedia. Force majeure is a precise film about an outofcontrol. All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face. After being pickpocketed on the street, he does something quite stupid to get his phone back, so stupid that it is actually not plausible, given the personal risk. Magnolia nabs elisabeth moss starrer the square for the u. Gbedu magazine unfolds the winners from the 2017 cannes film festival, as chosen sunday by a starstudded jury led by spanish director pedro almodovar. Swedish comedy the square wins palme dor, sofia coppola best director in a stunning upset, the ninemember jury led by spanish director pedro almodovar and including hollywood. Sep 09, 2016 magnolia nabs elisabeth moss starrer the square for the u. Cannes, france the square, directed by swedish director ruben ostlund, won sunday evening the palme dor of the 70th cannes film festival.
The 43 yearold swedish director secured the most significant award of his career to date. The swedish director ruben ostlund said he had two goals for his new film, force majeure. Swedish director ruben ostlund poses with his trophy during a photocall at the 70th cannes film festival in cannes, france, may 28, 2017. Aug 02, 2017 palme dor winner ruben ostlund directed this 11minute long take short film watch incident by a bank won the golden bear at berlinale in 2009, and now its officially streaming online. The swedish director ruben ostlund said he had two goals for. A perfect swedish familys skiing trip in the french alps seems to be going just fine in ruben ostlunds remarkably confident and subtle comedy, a film in. Inspired by actual court cases, it portrays a group of black boys who rob a smaller group of white boys by the means of a psychological game. For those unaware of the film, the story follows a family staying at a resort in the french alps. Internationally acclaimed swedish director ruben ostlund began his career in the 1990s directing skiing films before moving on to shorts and features.
Force majeure, a dark swedish comedy the new york times. Atmo is producing with support from the swedish film institute and. The fathers selfish reaction to the ensuing panic causes cracks in his marriage and relationships with his children. Swedishdirected the square wins palme dor of 70th cannes. The title was one of 19 films competing for the prestigious award, in the 70th year of the festival on the. Swedish film director ruben ostlund, 44, has directed more than a dozen films in his career, including his 2017 satirical film the square which earned him the prestigious palme dor in the cannes film festival and an oscar nomination for best foreign film. It follows the marital tension resulting from an avalanche during which the husband, named tomas, prioritizes his own escape over the safety of his family. The artworld satire the square has won the palme dor at the 2017 cannes film festival.
Palme dor winner ruben ostlund directed this 11minute long. Christians next show is the square, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their. Here at cinema without borders we agree with most of the world cinema film critics that the square has a good chance to be among the final five nominees for the best foreign language film oscar. The film, directed by ruben ostlund, was an awards favorite.
Heres the trailer for the original swedish film directed by ruben ostlund. His films force majeure 2014 and the satirical picture the square 2017 were both critically acclaimed and won awards at the cannes film festival, including the palme dor for the latter. R uben ostlund is the rugged adventurer of swedish film, the man who came down from the mountain to sun himself. Palme dor winner ruben ostlund directed this 11minute. The swedish director of force majeure and the square, starring elisabeth moss and dominic west, on the folly of screen violence and finding. Swedish films bear something in common with our own vernacular, and the festival of ruben ostlunds work on now at the tiff lightbox may drive that point home. It features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme. Cannes palme dor goes to ruben ostlunds the square.
The square by swedish director ruben ostlund wins palme d. Film the square, directed by ruben ostlund, won the palme dor of the 70th cannes film festival. The square is a 2017 satirical film written and directed by ruben ostlund and starring claes bang, elisabeth moss, dominic west and terry notary. Dec 07, 2017 in the new swedish film the square directed by ruben ostlund, christian claes bang is the hip and handsome chief curator of xroyal, a major contemporary art museum sonamed because it is set in a former royal palace. The square is a 2017 satirical film written and directed by ruben ostlund and starring claes.
Ruben ostlund lines up allenglishlanguage film triangle. The square trailer features awkward fling with elisabeth. Swedish director ruben ostlund poses on may 28, 2017 during a photocall after he won the palme dor for the square at the 70th edition of the. Swedish film the square directed by ruben ostlund wins the palme dor. Ruben ostlund claes olle ruben ostlund born april 1974 is a swedish film director and screenwriter. Reviewed by ann hornaday boston globe swedish filmmaker ruben ostlund puts marriage under a squirminducing microscope in force majeure, a stylish, acutely observant psychodrama that changes tone so deftly between social comedy of manners and mournful meditation on gender roles that the viewer isnt quite sure whether to laugh or sigh. The square, the art world satire that won the palme dor at cannes, is one of nine titles in contention for 2018s best foreign language film oscar. Oct 24, 2014 a scene from the film directed by ruben ostlund. That is the question that is cannily posed by force majeure, a new film written and directed by ruben ostlund, and with one minor quibble, i found myself deeply impressed by. We have interviewed swedish filmmaker ruben ostlund, who competed for the first time for the palme dor with his new film the square. Directed by ruben ostlund, the square is about a museum director played by claes bang who is desperate. Swedish satire the square has triumphed at the 2017 cannes film festival, picking up the palme dor prize at last nights ceremony may 28 the film, which was directed by ruben ostlund.
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