Archive of films Triangle of Sadness / Triangle of Sadness

Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark
2022, 142 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2022

Five years after The Square Ruben Östlund took away his second Palme d’Or from Cannes, along with a reputation as the filmmaker behind the wittiest film of this year’s competition. The tale of the young couple Carl and Yaya begins in the world of modelling while, for the second act, we move to a luxury cruise ship. Will the fierce storm which tosses the waves and the contents of their bloated stomachs liberate the super-rich passengers from the futility of their lives? Or will Östlund’s characters again behave like animals even in this extreme situation?

Synopsis

Five years after The Square, a caustic critique from the world of modern art, Ruben Östlund took away his second Palme d’Or from Cannes, along with a reputation as the filmmaker behind the wittiest film of this year’s competition. The tale of the young couple Carl and Yaya begins in the world of modelling, then we move to a luxury cruise ship. The super-rich are a rewarding target, while a satire which treats them in an artful manner is all the rarer. “I sell shit,” shouts one of the eccentric passengers, a jovial Russian oligarch, who made his fortune shifting fertiliser. Will the fierce storm which tosses the waves and the contents of their bloated stomachs liberate the moneyed passengers from the futility of their lives? Or will Östlund’s characters again behave like animals even in this extreme situation?

Martin Horyna

About the director

Ruben Östlund (1974, Styrsö, Sweden). Selected filmography: The Guitar Mongoloid (Gitarrmongot, 2004), Involuntary (De ofrivilliga, 2008), Play (2011), Force Majeure (Turist, 2014), The Square (2017), Triangle of Sadness (2022).

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About the film

Barevný, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Ruben Östlund
Screenplay:	Ruben Östlund
Dir. of Photography:	Fredrik Wenzel
Sound:	Andreas Franck, Bent Holm
Editor:	Ruben Östlund, Mikel Cee Karlsson
Art Director:	Josefin Åsberg
Production:	A Plattform Produktion
Coproduction:	Essential Films, Coproduction Office, Sveriges Television, ZDF/Arte, Arte France Cinéma, TRT Sinema
Cast:	Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Burić, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Iris Berben
Sales:	Coproduction Office
Distributor:	Aerofilms

Guests

Zlatko Buric

Actor