Feb. 7:
Dir: Ruben Östlund Sweden/Norway/Denmark/France
2014 Swedish/English/French 118 minutes 14A
Principal Cast: Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of
skiing and spend some precious time with each other. The sun is shining
and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside
restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside
down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her
husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile,
is running for his life... Reality returns to embarrassed laughter, the
anticipated disaster having failed to occur,
and yet the family’s world has been shaken to its core. Tomas’
unexpected action leads them to evaluate their roles and assumptions, a
question mark hanging over their father in particular. With the end of
the holiday approaching,
Tomas and Ebba’s marriage hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles
desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. FORCE MAJEURE is an
observational comedy about the role of the male in modern family life. A
critical hit at this year's Cannes, winning
the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, this new film from Ruben Östlund
(Play) confirms the Swedish director as one of the most daring and
audacious filmmakers to emerge in the last decade.
The trailer:
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