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Force Majeure
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1548
- IMDb #1756
- Google retired #3142
- Rotten Tomatoes #1107
- Metacritic #490
- Letterboxd #921
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #507
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2049
- Metacritic Critics #285
- Metacritic Audience #1390
- Criticker #506
- Kinopoisk #4188
- AlloCiné #2652
- Trakt #3038
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 90, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Swedish family is on a skiing holiday in the French Alps when a controlled avalanche appears to be heading directly for them. In a moment of panic, the father grabs his phone and runs, leaving his wife and children behind. The incident, which everyone survives physically unharmed, creates a quiet but devastating rift in the marriage, forcing everyone to question their roles and relationships.
Details
- Director
- Ruben Östlund
- Writer
- Ruben Östlund
- Released
- 15 August 2014
- Country
- Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
- Language
- Swedish, Norwegian, English, French, Italian
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $4.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 10 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (19) →
Awards & nominations
See all 11 →1 win from 11 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2015 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Sweden | Nominee |
| 28th European Film Awards 2015 | Best European Film | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| 28th European Film Awards 2015 | Best European Film | Lisa Loven Kongsli | Nominee |
| 28th European Film Awards 2015 | Best European Film | Clara Wettergren | Nominee |
| 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 | IFFR audience award | Nominee | |
| 27th European Film Awards 2014 | Best Director | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2014 | Best Film | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2014 | Best Film | Erik Hemmendorff | Nominee |
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11 awards — Force Majeure
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Sweden | Nominee |
| Greta | Winner |
| Best Director | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| Best Film | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| Best Film | Erik Hemmendorff | Nominee |
| Best Film | Marie Kjellson | Nominee |
| Best Film | Philippe Bober | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Ruben Östlund | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Lisa Loven Kongsli | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Clara Wettergren | Nominee |
| IFFR audience award | Nominee |