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6.8A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Cast
- Claes Bang as Christian
- Elisabeth Moss as Anne
- Dominic West as Julian
- Terry Notary as Oleg
- Christopher Læssø as Michael
- Lise Stephenson Engström as Daughter
Themes
- satire
- theft
- installation
- town square
- shame
- art museum
- altruism
- father daughter relationship
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ruben Östlund
- Written by
- Ruben Östlund
- Produced by
- Erik Hemmendorff Philippe Bober
- Starring
- Claes Bang Elisabeth Moss Dominic West Terry Notary
- Cinematography
- Fredrik Wenzel
- Edited by
- Ruben Östlund Jacob Secher Schulsinger
- Distributed by
- TriArt Film (Sweden) Alamode Filmverleih (Germany) BAC Films (France) Scanbox Entertainment (Denmark)
- Release dates
- 20 May 2017 ( 2017-05-20 ) ( Cannes ) 25 August 2017 ( 2017-08-25 ) (Sweden) 18 October 2017 ( 2017-10-18 ) (France) 19 October 2017 ( 2017-10-19 ) (Germany) 23 November 2017 ( 2017-11-23 ) (Denmark)
- Running time
- 151 minutes
- Countries
- Sweden Germany France Denmark
- Languages
- Swedish Danish English
- Budget
- $5.5 million
- Box office
- $9.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 152
- FilmAffinity ID
- 664294
- Official website
- www.squarethefilm.com
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- title
- The Square
- publication date
- 2017-10-05
- capital cost
- 5500000
- Commons category
- The Square (2017 film)
- review score
- 73/100
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The Square is a 2017 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund. The film stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. A Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark, it was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made. Östlund was also inspired by a notorious incident involving Oleg Kulik and cast Notary in a parody, drawing on Notary's experience imitating apes.
The film was entered into the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Palme d'Or. It was subsequently selected for the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to win six European Film Awards, including Best Film; two Guldbagge Awards, including Best Director; and other honours. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.