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Midsommar
Sign in to saveMidsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.
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Midsommar is a 2019 horror, drama, and thriller film directed and written by Ari Aster. The production, which originated in the United States and Sweden, features a cast including Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, and William Jackson Harper. Lars Knudsen and Patrik Andersson served as producers, while Paweł Pogorzelski was the director of photography. The Haxan Cloak composed the score. The film is set in Sweden during the Midsummer recurring event and was produced by A24, B-Reel Films, and Square Peg.
The movie was distributed by A24 and iTunes in video on demand format. It has a runtime of 147 minutes, though some sources list it as 148 minutes. The film was released on July 3, 2019, with additional release dates in July, September, and November of that year. Its original languages are English and Swedish.
Review scores for the film include 7.6/10, 83%, and 72/100. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.1 based on 486,416 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.151 from 8,048 votes. The film had a budget of 9,000,000 and generated revenue of 48,498,408. Its tagline is "Let the festivities begin."
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7.2Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Cast
- Florence Pugh as Dani
- Jack Reynor as Christian
- William Jackson Harper as Josh
- Will Poulter as Mark
- Vilhelm Blomgren as Pelle
- Isabelle Grill as Maja
Themes
- loss of loved one
- ritual
- paranoia
- sweden
- cult
- hallucinogenic drug
- magic mushroom
- anthropology
- human sacrifice
- paganism
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Key facts
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- The film poster shows a segmented close-up of a distressed woman wearing a flower crown. The words "Let the festivities begin" are depicted in the middle. At the bottom, "Midsommar" is shown in big letters.
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- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Ari Aster
- Film.writer
- Ari Aster
- Film.cinematography
- Pawel Pogorzelski
- Film.editing
- Lucian Johnston
- Film.music
- Bobby Krlic
- Film.runtime
- 141 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $9 million
- Film.gross
- $48.5 million
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- Filming
- Props and costume design
- Post-production
- Music
- Release
- Director's cut
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- Reception
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- Audience reception
- Critical response
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- Themes and analysis
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Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.
A co-production between the United States and Sweden, Midsommar was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists. While elements of the original concept remain in the final product, the finished film focuses on a deteriorating relationship inspired by a difficult breakup experienced by Aster himself. The film's soundtrack, composed by the British electronic musician Bobby Krlic, takes inspiration from Nordic folk music. The film was predominantly shot on location within the Budapest metropolitan area of Hungary, from July to October 2018.
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