Newington Green Film Club: "The Square" (2017)

The Square is a 2017 satirical black comedy film – a Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark. It was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made.

The film was entered into the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Palm d'Or.

It was subsequently selected for the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to win six European Film Awards including: Best Film, two Guldbagge Awards including Best Director, and other honours. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

SUMMARY: A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

ORIGINAL TITLE: The Square

DIRECTOR: Ruben Östlund

WRITER: Ruben Östlund

STARS: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West

COUNTRIES: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark

GENRE: Satire, Comedy, Drama

LANGUAGE: Swedish, English, Danish with English subtitles

RATING: 15

AWARDS: 33 wins, 46 nominations including Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Oscar nomination, Palm d’Or winner at Cannes Film Festival

RUNNING TIME: 2h 31m

IMDB: 7.1

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 85%

(Source: Wikipedia & IMDB)

The Meeting House is the home of New Unity, a radically inclusive community of love and justice. This screening is part of New Unity's new arts programme, Arts on the Green. Arts on the Green exists to provide flexible space to radical arts practitioners bringing high quality culture to our community.

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