“Triangle of Sadness” is the new film by Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. The film won the Palme D’ Or at Cannes Film Festival.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- Triangle of Sadness is a 2022 satirical black comedy film
- It is written and directed by Ruben Östlund
- It is his English-language feature film debut
- The film stars Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Vicki Berlin, and Woody Harrelson
- It is the last film Dean starred in before her death in August 2022
- The film follows a celebrity couple on a luxury cruise with wealthy guests
- Triangle of Sadness had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022
- There it received an eight-minute standing ovation
- The film won the Palme d’Or
- It was released in France on 28 September, in the United States and Sweden on 7 October, in Germany on 13 October, and in the United Kingdom on 28 October
- The film received generally positive reviews
- While De Leon’s performance received international praise
- Garnering her first Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her supporting role
- It also won four European Film Awards, including the Best Film award
- The film received three nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture
- Triangle of Sadness was announced by the director, Ruben Östlund, in June 2017, after his film The Square won the Palme d’Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival the previous month
- He said the film was to be called Triangle of Sadness, a “wild” satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich, with “appearance as capital” and “beauty as currency” as the underlying themes
- The English title refers to a term used by plastic surgeons for the worry wrinkle that forms between the eyebrows, which can be fixed with botox in 15 minutes
- Research for some parts of the script took place in May 2018
- Casting took place from August to November 2018 in Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and Gothenburg and continued in Moscow in March 2019
- Location scouting began in January 2019 and lasted intermittently until October 2019
- Östlund fine-tuned the last details of pre-production from November 2019 to the first half of February 2020
- In February 2020, it was reported that Triangle of Sadness would begin principal photography on 19 February in Sweden and Greece, with a 70-day shoot, and that the cast would include Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean and Woody Harrelson
- About 120 actors were considered for the role that Dickinson landed
- On 26 March, production paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic with about 37% of shooting completed
- Editing started during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 202
- Production resumed on 27 June in Sweden, allowing Harrelson to finish his scenes, but was halted again on 3 July
- Production resumed on 18 September on location at Chiliadou Beach, Euboea, Greece, for the last 38 days
- Photography wrapped on 13 November 2020, concluding a 73-day shoot
- Östlund mentioned that the production carried out 1,061 COVID-19 tests throughout filming and all were negative
- Filming also took place on other Greek islands, on the stages of Film i Väst in Trollhättan, Sweden, and in the Mediterranean Sea on the Christina O, the yacht formerly owned by Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy
- Post-production lasted 22 months
- According to the actors, Östlund shot as many as 23 takes for each scene
- As of 19 January 2023, Triangle of Sadness has grossed $4.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $17.6 million in other territories
- For a total worldwide gross of $21.8 million
- In the United States, Triangle of Sadness opened in 10 locations in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to a debut of $210,074, for a per theater average of $21,007
- In its second weekend, it grossed $657,051 on 31 screens
- In its third weekend, it grossed $600,000 on 280 screens, finishing tenth at the box office
- In its fourth weekend, it grossed $548,999 on 610 screens
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72%
- Based on 232 reviews
- With an average rating of 7.2/10
- The site’s critical consensus reads, “Triangle of Sadness lacks the sharp edges of Östlund’s earlier work, but this blackly humorous swipe at the obscenely affluent has its own rewards”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100
- Based on 47 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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