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The Square is a 2017 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund, starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. It won the Palme D'or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

The film tells about a manager of the museum who is responsible for an exhibition space that houses a new installation which provides people with a symbolic space. He hires a PR firm to create buzz around the installation, but the publicity produces a public racket.

Cast

• Claes Bang as Christian
• Elisabeth Moss as Anne
• Dominic West as Gijoni
• Terry Notary as Oleg
• Christopher Læssø as Michael

Production

Filming took place from June to October 2016 in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin.

Reception

Variety's Owen Gleiberman wrote from Cannes: "Östlund offers a suavely merciless take-down of the decadence of the contemporary art world, whether it's Christian, in an interview with Anne (Elisabeth Moss), an American TV journalist, stumbling to defend the postmodern gobbledygook in one of his catalogues, or the simple sight of an exhibit that consists of cone-shaped piles of rubble, with a sign in white neon that says 'You have nothing.' The movie's dark joke is that the museum, by necessity, is really about money (the donations necessary to mount the art; the money the art will fetch on the open market), so whatever the 'message' pretends to be, it's actually: Here's a posh contrivance that has nothing to do with your life." Gleiberman further wrote: "Östlund, at his best, is a heady and enthralling filmmaker, but unfortunately, he has so much on his mind that he is also, at his weakest, a shapeless and didactic one. The Square is more outrageous but less effective than Force Majeure."

References

1. THE SQUARE. STATUS: PRODUCTION
2. Steve Pond (27 April 2017). "Cannes Film Festival Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup". The Wrap. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
3. Elisabeth Moss’ Drama ‘The Square’ Bought by Magnolia
4. "Ruben Östlund avslöjar rollistan i nya filmen The Square" (in Swedish). Film Väst. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
5. Rehlin, Gunnar (2016-07-06). "Ruben Östlund siktar på en guldpalm". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-10-13.
6. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2017-05-19). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Square'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-05-20.

External links

• The Square at IMDb
• The Square at the Swedish Film Institute Database

• 2017 films
• 2010s drama films
• English-language films
• Films directed by Ruben Östlund
• Films set in Stockholm
• Films shot in Berlin
• Films shot in Gothenburg
• Films shot in Stockholm
• Swedish drama films
• Swedish-language films