Screening

About Force Majeure

Year Released:

2014

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

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Directed by Ruben Östlund

A critical favorite at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family—handsome businessman Tomas, his willowy wife Ebba and their two blond children—on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche suddenly bears down on the happy diners. With people fleeing in all directions and his wife and children in a state of panic, Tomas makes a decision that will shake his marriage to its core and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as family patriarch. In Swedish and English languages with English subtitles. (2K DCP presentation)

Additional Bloomington Dates Force Majeure will be screening as part of the Ryder Film Series on the following dates: January 2-5, January 9-11, and January 16-18. You can visit their website here for showtimes, locations, and more information.