Synopsis
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.
The Square
2017 Directed by Ruben Östlund
Cast
Claes Bang Elisabeth Moss Dominic West Terry Notary Christopher Læssø Lise Stephenson Engström Lilianne Mardon Marina Schiptjenko Annica Liljeblad Elijandro Edouard Daniel Hallberg Martin Sööder John Nordling Maja Gödicke Nicki Dar Josephine Schneider Sofie Hamilton Robert Hjelm Anna-Stina Malmborg Gunnar Häglund Nina Strand Erik Sundfeldt Peggy Johansson Jonas Dahlbom Sofica Ciuraru Stefan Gödicke Mia Svenheimer Per Magnus Johansson Erika Jareman Show All…
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Katja Adomeit Philippe Bober Erik Hemmendorff Olivier Père Daniel Garptoft Sarah Nagel Isabell Wiegand Alexander Bohr
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Art Direction
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ZDF/Arte Plattform Produktion ARTE France Cinéma Coproduction Office Essential Filmproduktion Imperative Entertainment SVT Film i Väst Société Parisienne de Production DR
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Alternative Titles
方形, 더 스퀘어, The Square. La farsa del arte, O quadrado, Квадрат, 自由广场, Kare, A négyzet, Štvorec, Το Τετράγωνο, The Square: La farsa del arte, The Square: A Arte da Discórdia, Квадратът, Čtverec, הריבוע, O Quadrado, Kvadratas, 抓狂美術館, 方寸見人心, ザ・スクエア 思いやりの聖域, Kvadrat, Kvadrāts, Khi Nghệ Thuật Sai, Pătratul, อาร์ต ตัวแม่งงงงงง
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Premiere
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FranceTP
Cannes Film Festival
01 Nov 2017
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UK
Leeds International Film Festival
Theatrical limited
27 Oct 2017
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USAR
Theatrical
25 Aug 2017
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Sweden11
15 Sep 2017
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Poland
21 Sep 2017
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Ukraine
12 Oct 2017
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Czechia
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Slovakia15
18 Oct 2017
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FranceTP
19 Oct 2017
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Germany12
20 Oct 2017
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Romania
03 Nov 2017
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Turkey15+
09 Nov 2017
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ItalyT
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Netherlands12
10 Nov 2017
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Spain12
23 Nov 2017
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Denmark15
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Portugal
24 Nov 2017
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MexicoB-15
01 Dec 2017
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Lithuania
07 Dec 2017
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GreeceK-15
11 Jan 2018
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Thailand15
13 Jan 2018
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AustraliaMA 15+
01 Mar 2018
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Hong KongIIB
02 Aug 2018
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South Korea15
Physical
26 Feb 2018
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Sweden11
07 Mar 2018
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Netherlands12
23 Mar 2018
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Germany12
Releases by Country
Australia
13 Jan 2018
- TheatricalMA 15+
Czechia
12 Oct 2017
- Theatrical
Denmark
23 Nov 2017
- Theatrical15
France
20 May 2017
- PremiereTP Cannes Film Festival
18 Oct 2017
- TheatricalTP
Germany
19 Oct 2017
- Theatrical12
23 Mar 2018
- Physical12
Greece
07 Dec 2017
- TheatricalK-15
Hong Kong
01 Mar 2018
- TheatricalIIB
Italy
09 Nov 2017
- TheatricalT
Lithuania
01 Dec 2017
- Theatrical
Mexico
24 Nov 2017
- TheatricalB-15
Netherlands
09 Nov 2017
- Theatrical12
07 Mar 2018
- Physical12 DVD, Blu ray
Poland
15 Sep 2017
- Theatrical
Portugal
23 Nov 2017
- Theatrical
Romania
20 Oct 2017
- Theatrical
Slovakia
12 Oct 2017
- Theatrical15
South Korea
02 Aug 2018
- Theatrical15
Spain
10 Nov 2017
- Theatrical12
Sweden
25 Aug 2017
- Theatrical11
26 Feb 2018
- Physical11 DVD & Blu-ray release
Thailand
11 Jan 2018
- Theatrical15
Turkey
03 Nov 2017
- Theatrical15+
UK
01 Nov 2017
- Premiere Leeds International Film Festival
USA
27 Oct 2017
- Theatrical limitedR
Ukraine
21 Sep 2017
- Theatrical
Popular reviews
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So you've got a heavy-handed, sorta clumsy piece of art concerning inclusive spaces, unexamined privilege, and performative allyship about people who make and promote heavy-handed, sorta clumsy art about inclusive spaces, unexamined privilege, and performative allyship rather than confront their own hypocrisies. So there you go. This works more than it doesn't mostly because it's very funny and feels spontaneous even though it's almost absurdly schematic and can't stop bluntly explaining itself.
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thought i would love this, but it has about 6 different movies crammed into 1 and didn’t do much for me. although, the two main elisabeth moss scenes are absolutely hilarious
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Right after this movie, my friend and I stepped outside of IFC Center, where the promotional team has placed a version of a Square. We stood in it for a little bit, talked about the movie, and suddenly a homeless man came up to us and asked for money. I said I didn’t have any change and he walked away.
3D technology has gone too far
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I would like to say, for the record, that this may be one of the very worst films I've ever seen. Not a single idea, image, motif, theme, joke, performance or shot connected with me. Irritating, reactionary and incoherent, this is, in a best-case scenario, a 3 minute short hammered out to an excruciating 140 minutes (reportedly cut down from 160!!). The film's intended scathing critique of art world arrogance is reverse engineered on to characters and situations that are so unbelievable and insubstantial that it ends up as a bloated manifestation of the titular Square – a vapid, experiential conceptual art piece whose purpose is justified by abstruse double-speak. I watched this film and wondered whether Ruben Östland ever had contact with another human being. If he has, there is no doubt in my mind that he was revolted by them. Since seeing it, this film has stayed with me like a weeping boil. Burn the negative.
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Ruben Östlund, you criminally underused Elisabeth Moss, apologize or I will create chaos with you.
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Bourgeois cynicism. Perfect calibrated to offend everyone and no one in the art world. Film festival establishment finally gets the hateful Haneke replacement it deserves.
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i’m speechless. truly something special. satire on art, classicism, power, nationalism, and so much more.
also the first movie where i saw people fight over a used condom, use that information as you will.
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