A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 31 wins & 41 nominations total
Johannes Kuhnke
- Tomas
- (as Johannes Bah Kuhnke)
Karl Pincon
- Turistfotografen
- (as Karl Pinçon)
Julie Roumogoux
- Snowboardparet
- (as Julie Roumegoux)
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- Writer
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- TriviaDirector Ruben Östlund acquired inspiration for some scenes in the screenplay from real footage on YouTube. For example, the avalanche which serves as a momentum early in the story was inspired by a video Östlund found on YouTube, and a performance by a 12-year-old accordionist of Vivaldi's "Summer" was taken directly from a YouTube clip and played repeatedly throughout the film.
- GoofsThe family is skiing in the French Alps, but when Mats and Fanny are waiting for the elevator after their awkward evening with Tomas and Ebba, the directory beside the elevator is in Swedish.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 72nd Golden Globe Awards (2015)
- SoundtracksConcerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, 'L'estate' (Summer)
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Arranged by Pavel Fenyuk
Performed by Alexander Hrustevich
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A real disaster
I consider myself fortunate not to have known much about the movie. Actually, I was expecting a french disaster-flick in the vein of "127 Hours", a post-avalanche survival tale, because of the promotional poster.
Boy, I was wrong. Being misguided often gets me irritated, but "Force Majeure" was shockingly impressive.
The narrative follows a Swedish couple on a ski-holiday with their children, and the aftermath of them facing a somewhat life- threatening situation. The disaster here is not a force of nature, but a force of human emotions.
With no intention of spoiling a movie you should know as little as possible about, this is a hard hitting emotional drama about human frailty, marriage, inner torment and moral dilemmas when it comes to love, and the authenticity of love.
Very much recommended to lovers of layered, intelligent drama. And I repeat, this is not a natural disaster movie.
Boy, I was wrong. Being misguided often gets me irritated, but "Force Majeure" was shockingly impressive.
The narrative follows a Swedish couple on a ski-holiday with their children, and the aftermath of them facing a somewhat life- threatening situation. The disaster here is not a force of nature, but a force of human emotions.
With no intention of spoiling a movie you should know as little as possible about, this is a hard hitting emotional drama about human frailty, marriage, inner torment and moral dilemmas when it comes to love, and the authenticity of love.
Very much recommended to lovers of layered, intelligent drama. And I repeat, this is not a natural disaster movie.
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- Feb 1, 2015
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- Also known as
- Tourist
- Filming locations
- Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Åre, Jämtlands län, Sweden(indoor scenes)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,359,497
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,309
- Oct 26, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $4,094,339
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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