The Square

The Square

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Satire | Theft

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): svenska (Swedish)
  • Director(s): Ruben Östlund, Rikard Waxin
  • Cast(s): Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Annica Liljeblad See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 31min
  • Music: Nils Aré Viken,Bent Holm,Sara Kristoffersson,Ulf Olausson,Andreas Franck
  • Award(s): European Film 2017 (Won)
    Oscar 2018 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Day and a Half, Red Dot
  • Story:
    When he (Christian) seeks to set up a contentious new display, the top art curator of a famous Swedish museum faces both professional and personal challenges in his new exhibit.
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7.1/10
IMDb

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STORY, RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Story
When he (Christian) seeks to set up a contentious new display, the top art curator of a famous Swedish museum faces both professional and personal challenges in his new exhibit.
Ratings

7.1/10

IMDb
The Square Review

An uncompromising insight at how we treat one another and how consequences, other people, and art impact our decisions. Some hilarious situations. Both the spoof and the social critique are quite direct and apparent. This film may believe it is delving deeper than it is. It is, nevertheless, entertaining to see. Wealthy individuals are either apathetic or condescending to impoverished people. Marketing and public relations professionals are inflated, unaware d-bags, while affluent art patrons are vain and waste their funds on purchases, they don't understand in order to comply to their class traditions and look more sophisticated and intriguing. Well, we knew all of that before this film was produced, and it adds nothing fresh to these observations and issues. Several sequences make no sense, yet this is too entertaining in too many situations to disregard. I laughed out loud numerous times due to the witty banter and absurdist antics.

AWARDS

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Won
European Film Award

European Director | 2017 | Ruben

European Actor | 2017 | Claes

European Screenwriter | 2017 | Ruben

European Film | 2017 | Ruben

European Comedy | 2017 | Ruben

European Production Designer | 2017 | Josefin

Eagle Award

Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski) | 2018 | Ruben

Golden Trailer Award

Most Original Foreign Trailer | 2018

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer | 2018

Best Foreign TV Spot | 2018

EDA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

Guldbagge Award

Best Cinematography (Bästa foto) | 2018 | Fredrik

Best Direction (Bästa regi) | 2018 | Ruben

DFWFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

Robert Award

Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) | 2018 | Ruben

David Award

Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) | 2018 | Ruben

OFCC Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

Youth Jury Award

2017 | Ruben

ICS Cannes Award

Best Screenplay | 2017 | Ruben

OFTA Film Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

GAFCA Award

Best Foreign Film | 2018

LAOFCS Award

Best Foreign Film | 2017

NBR Award

Top Five Foreign Language Films | 2017

Guild Film - Gold Award

Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) | 2017 | Ruben

CFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

BSFC Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

Peoples Choice Award

Best Actor | 2017 | Claes

Best Picture Award

Comedy Features | 2017 | Ruben

TFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

Goya Award

Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) | 2018 | Ruben

Bodil Award

Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) | 2018 | Ruben

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | 2018

Golden Globe Award

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language | 2018

HFCS Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Award

Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | 2019 | Ruben

Guldbagge Award

Best Actor (Bästa manliga huvudroll) | 2018 | Claes

Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript) | 2018 | Ruben

Best Set Design (Bästa scenografi) | 2018 | Josefin

Best Film (Bästa film) | 2018 | Philippe

Zulu Award

Best Actor (Årets danske skuespiller) | 2018 | Claes

INOCA Award

Best Non-English Language Film | 2018 | Ruben

Audience Award

Best Film | 2018 | Ruben

NCFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

FIPRESCI Prize Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018 | Ruben

Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture, International Film | 2018

Saturn Award

Best International Film | 2018

AFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

COFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

Critics Choice Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

César Award

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | 2018

Dorian Award

Foreign Language Film of the Year | 2018

Gold Derby Film Award

Foreign Language Film | 2018 | Ruben

Golden Carp Film - International Award

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | 2018

Peoples Choice Award

Best of Fest - Best Film | 2017 | Ruben

WAFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

VVFP Award

Best Screenplay | 2017 | Ruben

VFCC Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2017

SLFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

SEFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

International Feature Award

Best Feature | 2017 | Ruben

Zabaltegi Section Award

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize | 2017 | Ruben

SFFCC Award

Best Foreign Language Picture | 2017

SDFCS Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

ACCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

PFCS Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

PCC Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

British Independent Film Award

Best International Independent Film | 2017

OFCS Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

CIFCC Award

Best Foreign Film | 2017

NTFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

Critics Award

2017 | Ruben

ICP Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

FFCC Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2017

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 9,494,535 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The crowd Oleg was taunting in the dinner scene, throwing water over and pushing around, were in fact drawn from the actual ranks of Sweden's 1 percent, including some of the country's wealthiest art patrons ("They were so into it," Terry Notary said).

Terry Notary portrays the ape-man "Oleg" in the film. The Russian artist Oleg Kulik was invited to the international group exhibition "Interpol" at Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. At the opening, the vernissage, Kulik performed like a dog. He glittered, jumped up, rolled and even bit the VIP crowd on their legs. Kulik said he acted as a representative of the browbeaten Russian people, who now attacked and bit back. The crowd became so scared and enraged that they called for the police. In this movie, there is a similar, charged and offensive scene, but here the performance artist acts like an ape.

The voice warns that the animal is trained to sense weakness and fear, so the best defense is to stay very still and hope for the misfortune of others. "It's about the bystander effect. The reason we don't have the ability to take responsibility in situations like that is because we are herd animals and we get scared, and when we get scared we get paralyzed. And we're thinking, don't take me, don't take me, take someone else." said Ruben Östlund.

The ape that appears in the film is a full grown female bonobo.

"I never want to have any in-between scenes that are only there to tell the plot. If I have these scenes I think I've failed a little bit as a director." Ruben Östlund explained that his mission is to make movies full of interesting, stand-alone scenes that highlight human behavior.

Popular Dialogues

"Christian: The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within it we all share equal rights and obligations."

"Christian: If you place an object in a museum does that make this object a piece of art?"

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