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[Movie] Force Majeure

Force Majeure (film)

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Force Majeure
Force Majeure poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRuben Östlund
Produced by
  • Erik Hemmendorff
  • Marie Kjellson
Written byRuben Östlund
Starring
  • Johannes Bah Kuhnke
  • Lisa Loven Kongsli
  • Clara Wettergre
  • Vincent Wettergren
  • Kristofer Hivju
  • Fanni Metelius
Music byOla Fløttum
CinematographyFredrik Wenzel
Edited byJacob Secher Schulsinger
Production
company
  • Beofilm
  • Coproduction Office
  • Film i Väst
  • Motlys
  • Plattform Produktion
  • Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
  • Société Parisienne de Production
Distributed byTriArt Film
Release dates
  • 18 May 2014 (Cannes)
  • 15 August 2014 (Sweden)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
Country
  • Sweden
  • France
  • Norway
Language
  • Swedish
  • English
  • French
  • Norwegian
Box office$1.4 million (US)[2]

Force Majeure (/fɔrs maʒœr/; Swedish: Turist, "tourist") is a 2014 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund. It won the Best Filmaward at the 50th Guldbagge Awards.

Plot[edit]

The film presents a week in the life of a Swedish family staying at a luxury resort in the French Alps: a businessman named Tomas, his wife Ebba, their young daughter Vera and preschooler Harry. The family is happy as they pee, ski, ride the ski lift, brush their teeth, sleep, and play with Tomas's new drone toy from the balcony of their ski lodge.

On their second day of skiing, a controlled avalanche goes awry and threatens them as they are having lunch outdoors on the deck of a restaurant. Tomas, who is filming the avalanche on his phone, panics and runs as the deck quickly empties of patrons, leaving Ebba with their children encased in a dense fog. Silence ensues, and the voice of a waiter says, "It's over. It's safe now." Patrons return to their tables as the fog dissipates. Tomas returns to the table and acts as if nothing happened. No one is hurt, but Ebba and the children are subdued as they eat.

That evening they eat dinner with one of Ebba's long term friends, who has picked up an American man for the evening. Ebba tells the story of the avalanche in English for the benefit of the American, but Tomas insists he did not run away from the table, and in Swedish adds that one cannot run in ski boots. They argue in front of their embarrassed guests.

That night the cleaning man enters their lodge suite to clean just before they arrive from dinner, having picked up their kids. They insist the kids go inside first so they can talk in the corridor. The kids are upset there is a stranger inside, but the parents are angry with them and don't listen. Ebba is angry that he wouldn't admit he ran away from the avalanche abandoning them. He says he remembers it differently. They enter their lodge suite as the cleaning man exits. The children angrily tell them to leave, as they play a video game.

That night Ebba puts Tomas's ski boots out on the balcony. Tomas goes out into the corridor in his underwear, joined by Ebba. Ebba wants to talk, but sees the cleaning man staring at them. She tells Tomas to ask for some privacy. Tomas yells to the cleaning man for some privacy. The cleaning man continues smoking.

Ebba decides she would like a day of skiing by herself. She has coffee with her friend they had dinner with the night before, as the woman says goodbye to another man. Ebba confronts her friend on her promiscuity, asking her if she loves her husband and children. Her friend says she is fine with having an open relationship with her husband, and that she is happy if he finds a woman to have great sex with, as he is with her. Ebba becomes more insistent, and the friend advises they not argue, and leaves.

Ebba has an argument with an Australian man on the ski lift who is frightened by her putting the lap guard down without warning him.

Little Harry is upset as he and his sister and father enter the ski lift. His father wants him to tell him why he is crying. He says he is afraid his parents will be divorced.

Ebba pees privately in the woods as she hears her family ski by.

Mats, one of Tomas's old friends, joins them at the resort with his young girlfriend, Fanni. In their lodge suite as they eat pizza, Ebba suggests that Mats and Tomas have a day of skiing together, since she had a day alone. Fanni is upset that she will be left alone for a day without Mats. Ebba is embarrassed. After dinner and lots of wine Ebba recounts the story of the avalanche, to the silent horror of Mats and Fanni. After a long silence Mats says that we are not ourselves in emergencies. Ebba says Tomas won't admit it. Tomas again insists he has a different perspective. So Ebba fetches Tomas's phone and has the four of them watch the video of the incident. Tomas reluctantly agrees "it does look like someone is running away." At which point the toy drone comes sailing into the living room and hits Mats, frightening everyone. Tomas carries the drone back out and rebukes Harry for playing with it inside. He curls up with Harry to play a video game, and listens to Mats who insists that Tomas was running away so that he could come back and unbury his family later. Tomas returns, but is silent when Mats asks him to agree with him that we are burdened by the image of the hero in our society. Fanni suggests that she would expect Mats to react in the same way as Tomas. Fanni would be attached to her children, and Mats would run. Mats is irritated.

Brushing their teeth, Ebba turns away from Tomas, who is offended.

Back in Mats and Fanni's lodge suite they argue in bed. Mats is upset that Fanni would think that of him. Fanni points out that Mats's children and ex-wife are in Oslo, Norway, while he is in the Alps skiing with a 20-year-old woman. Hours later, Fanni finally takes it all back, begging Mats to go to sleep.

Tomas exits the lodge suite in his underwear and waits for Ebba to join him in the corridor. They argue again. The cleaning man sees them.

Tomas and Mats ride the ski lift in silence. The climb the mountain side on foot and ski down fresh powder. Mats is elated. Tomas is sad. Mats advises him to scream. He says he had two years of therapy which did not help. He needs to scream from his belly. Tomas screams swear words out into the echoing Alps.

Tomas and Mats drink beer sitting outside in deck chairs. A woman walks up to them and says her friend wants Tomas to know that he is the most hansom man in the bar. Tomas and Mats smile and crane their necks to see who it is. Mats almost gets up. They laugh. The woman returns to say she has made a mistake, that her friends was pointing to someone else. The friend comes over and apologizes, she was pointing to someone else. Mats is furious. A man comes over to tell him to calm down.

Tomas arrives at his lodge suite and has forgotten his key card. He phones and texts Ebba to no avail. He returns to the bar and is caught up in a maelstrom of drunk men rushing to the sauna. They scream and yell and pound their chests in the sauna. Tomas tries to escape. Back at the suite lodge he sits in the corridor and texts. Ebba emerges chatting on the phone, "Why are you sitting out here?"

Tomas exits the suite lodge in his underwear, and waits for Ebba to emerge, she is putting on leggings. He tries to cry in the corridor, but Ebba confronts him as phony. In reality he has no tears. He confesses that he hates himself, his cowardice, his cheating in games with his kids, his unfaithfulness. And he cries. His wife insists he stop crying. He howls, blubbers and yells. His children inside huddle and cry together, hearing their parents argue and howl. Ebba drags Tomas back into their suite where he collapses on a bean bag chair. The children come into the room and Ebba tells them "Daddy is a little sad, that's all." Harry comes to hug his sobbing father. Vera hugs him, but gets up to insist her mother come hug, too. Ebba reluctantly joins the family hug.

On their final day of skiing, the family enters the elevator with the cleaning man. They ascend in the ski lift silently. Ebba asks if it is safe to ski since the fog is so thick. Tomas says he will go first, then the children, then she can follow. They will stop often. Ebba gets lost in the fog and Tomas briefly leaves the children alone to go rescue her, returning carrying her shortly after. He sets her down, grinning. Ebba stands up and says, "Okay, is everyone happy now?" She walks back to get her skis.

As the family and their friends leave the resort by coach, Ebba decides the driver is dangerously incompetent and demands in a panic to be let off, leaving Tomas and their children on the bus. The passengers all rush for the door. Mats takes charge, insisting that no-one will panic, and women and children will get off first. Eventually, all of the passengers get off the bus and descend the mountain on foot. Tomas accepts a cigarette from an acquaintance. Surprised, Harry asks Tomas if he smokes, to which he replies, after a pause, "Yes, I do."

Cast[edit]

  • Johannes Bah Kuhnke as Tomas
  • Lisa Loven Kongsli as Ebba
  • Clara Wettergren as Vera
  • Vincent Wettergren as Harry
  • Kristofer Hivju as Mats
  • Fanni Metelius as Fanni

Production[edit]

Filming took place at Les Arcs, a ski resort in Savoie, France.[3]

The film's title, "Force Majeure", is based on a French legal term which is the equivalent of an "Act of God": a disaster that is not covered by one's insurance policy, or a disaster which relieves both parties of the obligations of the contract until the disaster is over.

Ruben Östlund attributed the inspiration for the film's key scenes to a few viral YouTube videos which he felt corroborated the plausible situation and emotions of the characters. The director reasoned that "...if someone captured an event or action or pang of emotion on camera and uploaded to the Internet, then it happened in real life. And it could happen in 'Force Majeure.'".[4] The scene where Ebba demands to be let off the bus is based on the YouTube viral video titled "Idiot Spanish bus driver almost kills students".[5][6]

Reception[edit]

The film has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes[7] and a score of 87 ("universal acclaim") out of 100 on Metacritic.[8]

Awards[edit]

The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival[9] where it won the Jury Prize.[10] It was also screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[11]

The film was nominated for the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. It was also selected as the Swedish entry for theBest Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards,[12] making the January Shortlist.[13] It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.[14]

It won the Best Film award, and was nominated in the categories Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, and Best Editing at the 50th Guldbagge Awards.[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Force Majeure (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February2015.
  2. Jump up^ "Force Majeure (2014)". Box Office Mojo. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2015.
  3. Jump up^ "Force Majeure (2014) Filming Location".www.sfi.se. The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved19 November 2014.
  4. Jump up^ "'Force Majeure' director on 'Captain Coward,' 'Worst Man Cry' and more YouTube influences".Hitfix. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. Jump up^ Colleen Kelsey. "Ruben Östlund’s Force of Nature". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  6. Jump up^ "Idiot Spanish busdriver almost kills students". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  7. Jump up^ "Force Majeure". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved2015-02-02.
  8. Jump up^ "Force Majeure Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved2015-02-02.
  9. Jump up^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved18 April 2014.
  10. Jump up^ "Un Certain Regard 2014 Awards". Festival de Cannes 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  11. Jump up^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved22 July 2014.
  12. Jump up^ "Force Majeure – Sweden's 2014 entry for the Oscars". Swedish Film Institute Press Release. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  13. Jump up^ "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". AMPAS. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  14. Jump up^ 72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  15. Jump up^ Svenska Filminstitutet (January 8, 2015)."Nominerade". guldbaggen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved8 January 2015.

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