Force majeure (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Force majeure |
| Original title | Tourist |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ruben Östlund |
| script | Ruben Östlund |
| production |
Philippe Bober , Erik Hemmendorff , Marie Kjellson |
| music | Ola Fløttum |
| camera | Fredrik Wenzel |
| cut | Jacob Secher Schulsinger |
| occupation | |
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Force majeure (original title: Turist , international title: Force Majeure ) is a Swedish film drama by the director and screenwriter Ruben Östlund from 2014 .
action
Tomas and Ebba, a young, successful Swedish couple, are skiing in a luxury holiday hotel in France with their children Vera and Harry. The beautiful idyll is only clouded by the occasional loud popping noises from the surrounding slopes, with which unstable snow masses are to be brought to a controlled avalanche release. While eating on the terrace of the hotel with a view of the nearby, snow-covered mountain slopes, the family can watch such a dust avalanche in amazement . However, the masses of snow are quickly approaching, and amazement turns into panic when the avalanche finally hits the terrace. All jump up and flee, Ebba staying with the children and pushing them to the exit of the terrace, while Tomas runs away alone, leaving his wife and children behind.
Fortunately, the avalanche of dust turns out to be relatively harmless. Ebba and the children sit down at the table again, then Tomas joins them and tries to return to normal with an embarrassed “Well, maybe that was what?”. But Ebba doesn't answer, doesn't look at him, seems confused and thoughtful.
Later, during a conversation with an old friend and her American vacation acquaintance, Ebba talks about the situation with the avalanche in English. It turns out that Tomas interprets the scene differently than his wife. He denies or doesn't seem really aware that he ran away and abandoned his family. In Swedish he adds that he can't run in ski boots at all.
Ebba reacts with quiet anger, she isolates herself a little from the family and goes on a ski trip on her own. She meets for coffee with her friend, with whom they had dinner together the previous evening, when the friend says goodbye to another man. Ebba confronts her friend about her promiscuity, asks her if she loves her husband and children. Her friend says that she has an open relationship with her husband and that she is happy when he finds a woman for great sex when he is with her. When Ebba becomes more energetic, the friend advises not to quarrel and leaves. The children also feel the growing tension between their parents, for example little Harry bursts out once: "I'm afraid that you will get a divorce!"
Mats and Fanni, a couple of friends, also arrive at the hotel. After a few glasses of wine, the four adults have another conversation about the avalanche situation. When Tomas continues to deny that he ran away, Ebba demands to watch the scene on a cell phone with which they filmed the avalanche of dust. The reluctant Tomas now has to realize that he actually ran away. Mats tries to mediate between Tomas and Ebba, using the example of the ferry accident on the Estonia , among other things, he argues that not everyone is a hero. Fanni says she suspects Mats would act similarly in such a situation. Mats is confused.
Tomas is now very embarrassed about his panic reaction that has become apparent. When they are alone in the hotel room again, he begins to cry, sits down on the floor and gradually builds himself into a never-ending crying fit. The children arrive, who have never seen their father like this before, are completely confused and try to comfort him with hugs. Ebba sits undecided and only explains "Your papa is a bit sad", until Vera comes to her and urges her to comfort Tomas too.
On the last day of the holiday, the family goes on another ski trip. They get caught in thick fog. Tomas, with the children, suddenly misses Ebba, who can no longer be seen. Finally he hears her cries for help very weakly. He orders the children to wait for him here, and trudges off into the fog. After a while he comes back, carrying the apparently injured Ebba in his arms. He confidently explains to his children that everything is okay now.
On the return journey in the ski bus over the mountain pass, the driver of the bus shows an extremely unsafe driving style. Unrest spreads among the passengers and Ebba asks the bus driver to let them get off. After she panics more and more, the driver gives in to her request and opens the doors. She is the first to get off the bus while other travelers try with all their might to get outside. Tomas is in the middle of the crowd when Mats tells the others to get off the bus slowly and calmly so that there is no panic. At dusk, the group walks down the lonely mountain pass.
background
The shooting took place in Les Arcs , a ski area in the Savoy Alps . In addition, some scenes were filmed on the Stilfser Joch in South Tyrol . The interior shots were taken at the 5-star Hotel Copperhill Mountain Lodge in the Swedish ski area of Åre .
reception
The film scored 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 87/100 on Metacritic .
At the Toronto International Film Festival 2014, Force Majeure was shown in the Special Presentations section. It was nominated for the Nordic Film Prize 2014 and the European Film Prize 2014. It was also selected as a Swedish contribution to the award ceremony for the best foreign language film at the Academy Award 2014 and was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards 2015 , again for best foreign film.
Epd Film awarded 4 out of 5 stars and judged that "Ruben Östlund [...] dissected the protagonists' struggles for the male role image, for trust and relationship models with incorruptible accuracy and a refreshing, sometimes black humor". The entire cast impressed "with fine and credible presentations that would be uncomfortable in their real life."
Awards
At the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 was awarded Force Majeure the Jury Prize in the section Un Certain Regard .
Remake
In 2020, a US remake was released with Downhill . The directors were Jim Rash and Nat Faxon , who were also responsible for the script, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell in the leading roles .
Web links
- Force majeure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Force Majeure (2014) Filming Location . The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cinemaevideo.it/south-tyrola-system-that-europe-likes , Cinema & Video, May 14, 2014
- ↑ As if nothing had happened. femundo.de, accessed on December 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Ruben Östlund nya film "Tourist" spelas in Åre. ltz.se, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/force_majeure_2014/?search=force%20ma
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/force-majeure
- ^ Toronto Film Festival lineup . In: Variety . Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ↑ Force Majeure - Sweden's 2014 entry for the Oscars . In: Swedish Film Institute Press Release . Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ 72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED , added December 11, 2014.
- ↑ Critique of Force Majeure , inserted April 27, 2015.
- ↑ Un Certain Regard 2014 Awards . In: Festival de Cannes 2014 . Retrieved May 23, 2014.