Directed by:
Ruben ÖstlundScreenplay:
Ruben ÖstlundCinematography:
Fredrik WenzelComposer:
Ola FløttumCast:
Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius, Karin Myrenberg Faber, Brady Corbet (more)Plots(1)
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing and spend some precious time with each other. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... Reality returns to embarrassed laughter, the anticipated disaster having failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core. Tomas' unexpected action leads them to evaluate their roles and assumptions, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. With the end of the holiday approaching, Tomas and Ebba's marriage hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. FORCE MAJEURE is an observational comedy about the role of the male in modern family life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2015 - Ruben Östlund (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2016 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2015 - Best International Independent Film
European Film Awards
- 2015 - Ruben Östlund (Audience Award for Best Film)
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Best Film)
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Best Director)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2015 - Ruben Östlund (Best Non-American Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2014 - Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober (Best Film)
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Best Director)
- 2014 - Kristofer Hivju (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Best Screenplay)
- 2014 - Fredrik Wenzel (Best Cinematography)
- 2014 - Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Ruben Östlund (Best Editing)
- 2014 - Johannes Bah Kuhnke (Best Actor)
- 2014 - Lisa Loven Kongsli (Best Actress)
- 2014 - Fanni Metelius (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2014 - Best Sound Design
Golden Globes
- 2015 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2015 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2014 - Best Foreign Language Film
The Saturn Awards
- 2015 - Best International Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Un Certain Regard - Jury Prize)
- 2014 - Ruben Östlund (Un Certain Regard)