The Square

2017 | Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark | R | 151 min.

Showings

Milliken at the Dennos Museum Thu, Aug 2, 2018 9:00 PM
Film Info
Section:Foreign Fiction
Release Year:2017
Runtime:151 min.
Rating:R
Production Country:Sweden
Germany
France
Denmark
Original Language:Danish
English
Swedish
Subtitles:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Ruben Östlund
Produced by:Philippe Bober
Erik Hemmendorff
Screenwriter:Ruben Östlund
Cinematography:Fredrik Wenzel
Editing By:Jacob Secher Schulsinger
Ruben Östlund
Cast:Claes Bang
Elisabeth Moss
Dominic West
Terry Notary

Description

What is art? What is the meaning of life? Are humans responsible, selfless beings with highly refined tastes,or are we merely monkey-people? Ponder these and other light questions in Ruben Östlund’s (Force Majeure, TCFF 2014) coldly witty film, The Square. The title refers to a work of art that curator Christian has commissioned for his museum. Christian delights in the piece’s altruistic message, but finds it increasingly hard to live up to the same ideals in his private life. After the theft of his phone, he goes on a rambling journey, during which everything he imagined about himself is gradually stripped away. The film holds nothing sacred in its painfully slow and deliberate deconstruction of masculinity, the art world, class, and liberal politics. This Palme d'Or winner is an equally fascinating, funny, and uncomfortable watch—and also just very Swedish.