INVOLUNTARY

SYNOPSIS

A middle-aged birthday party host unwisely soldiers on after a fireworks accident. A teacher sees her colleague transgressing and dares to mention it in the staff room. A coach stops in the middle of nowhere after some passenger infraction. The drunken horseplay of teenage girls goes too far. What can it all mean? Involuntary cuts between a series of discrete micro-dramas, in five parallel stories with human group behavior as the common theme and whose only apparent connection is the film’s title. Presumably, we’re being asked to assess just what it is that motivates these shambling individuals.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 and grew up on an island on the west coast of Sweden. He directed six feature films: The Guitar Mongoloid (2005), Involuntary (2008), Play (2011), Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). All of Östlund’s subsequent feature films premiered at Cannes, starting with his second. He won the FIPRESCI Award, Palme d’Or, as well as the Golden Bear. Moreover, he won the Nordic Film Prize, the most important Scandinavian prize. His fifth feature was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Brussels European Film Festival – Golden Iris
Geneva Cinéma Tout Ecran – Best Director
Mar del Plata Film Festival – Special Jury Award
Miami International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Award
Milan Film Festival – Special Mention
Palm Springs International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Stockholm International Film Festival – Audience Award, Best Screenplay

DESCRIPTION

INVOLUNTARY (ff.)
Director: Ruben Östlund
Country: Sweden
Year: 2008.
Runtime: 120’
Language: Swedish
Cast: Maria Lundqvist, Leif Edlund, Olle Lijas
Production: Plattform Produktion, Coproduction Office, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television (SVT), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Nordisk Film & TV-Fond
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PROGRAM LINE: RUBEN ÖSTLUND TRIBUTE

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