2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Ruben Ostlund Tumbles Up the Stairs with The Square

He received an earlier screening late last night and has been consider the buzz title (mostly for better) and mentioned in the same breathe as his Un Certain Regard Grand Jury prize winning Force Majeure in 2014. Having previously shown Play (Director’s Fortnight) and Involuntary (2008) it would have indeed been an off year if The Square was not the last minute invite. This synopsis doesn’t do it justice, but The Square tells the story of a manager of the museum (brilliantly played by Claes Bang) who is responsible for an exhibition space that houses a new installation which provides people with a symbolic space.

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