OK - let's get the film references out of the way - Swept Away, The Admirable Crichton, Lord of the Flies - and in fact it's even my version of Stromboli! I didn't mean these are referenced in the film, just what came to mind watching it.
A barbed and funny look at the rich and 'influential', including a young couple of models Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean (sadly died after film's release) and a Russian fertilizer millionaire Zlatko Buric (good). Dolly De Leon is the resourceful maid who takes control. With Woody Harrelson, Vicki Berlin, Alicia Eriksson, Sunnyi Melles (who starts all the trouble), Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Iris Berben.
The stuff on the boat is quite difficult to stomach though funny - it was a relief when they got to the island. The political conversations are part of the overall satirical scheme of the screenplay. The moment where the old lady picks up a hand grenade and says "Oh - it's one of ours" is hilarious, as is the sudden appearance of a beach vendor.
Perhaps ends too openly - but I don't think it matters - it's not the point. Won the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Oscar nominated for film, direction and screenplay, BAFTA nominated for screenplay, casting and De Leon.
Fredrik Wenzel photographed (in Sweden and Greece), Mikel Cee Karlsson and the director edited.
Östlund made The Square which also won the Palm D'Or.
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