The Square

Sunday 25th February 1:45 PM - Alhambra
The Square
Director:Ruben Östlund
Cert:15 Year: 2017 Length:142mins
Country:Sweden|Germany|France|Denmark Language:English | Swedish | Danish
The Square is described as ‘a brilliantly funny, bracingly surreal art-world satire’ and stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West.

The curator of a modern art gallery conceives an installation to encourage passers-by to engage their social consciences – a hostage to fortune if there ever was, leading to an inevitable downward spiral of events.

Elisabeth Moss shines in this audacious and provocative film.

Winner of the 2016 Palme d'Or

Thanks to Curzon/Artificial Eye

Critics

“ Moments of pure showstopping freakiness [...] this is high wire cinema”

Peter Bradshaw

Score

57.63%

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