I was able to watch the film, which received the Palme d’Or at Cannes, by Swedish director Ruben Estlund “The Square”, 2017. I kept postponing watching the movie, although I came across it more than once, because his previous film Force Majeure caused conflicting feelings in me. However, I liked the Square, although the shortcomings
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I was able to watch the film, which received the Palme d’Or at Cannes, by Swedish director Ruben Estlund “The Square”, 2017. I kept postponing watching the movie, although I came across it more than once, because his previous film Force Majeure caused conflicting feelings in me. However, I liked the Square, although the shortcomings there are obvious, but there are also advantages. What always appeals to me is satire, although sometimes the film falls into didactics, it was not necessary to say everything in plain text as the main character did, and more than once and very verbosely, but, apparently, the director was afraid that otherwise the viewer would not understand, perhaps he could see better. I liked the lead actor Claes Bang. So, in one large museum is preparing the opening of an exhibition of modern art, consisting of one exhibit - a square, which should be a zone of comfort and security for anyone who enters it. However, on the eve of the exhibition with the main character, who is the main curator of the museum, an incident happens - skillful crooks steal his phone and wallet on the street. On the advice of one of his subordinates, he does not turn to the police, but independently determines the location of stolen things and commits an act that, although it returns to him the stolen, but becomes the beginning of a whole string of unpleasant coincidences leading to the main character, in essence, to collapse. Those who accept the Scandinavian style, I advise you to watch the film, the rest can pass by, since the timekeeping is solid (2.5 hours), not everyone likes it. What struck my eye was one of the museum’s live exhibits depicting a monster on the screen, turning out to be a monster and in reality, so he’s Russian, it’s for a reason, I think.
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