Triangle of Sadness (2022)

	Directed by: Ruben Östlund	COUNTRY Sweden/Germany/ France/United Kingdom GENRE Satirical black comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Triangle of Sadness RUNNING TIME 147 minutes
	Produced by: Erik Hemmendorff Philippe Bober
	Written by: Ruben Östlund

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Carl	Harris Dickinson
Yaya	Charlbi Dean
Abigail	Dolly de Leon	½
Dimitry	Zlatko Burić
Therese	Iris Berben
Paula	Vicki Berlin
Jarmo	Henrik Dorsin	½
Nelson	Jean-Christophe Folly	½
Vera	Sunnyi Melles
The captain	Woody Harrelson
Clementine	Amanda Walker	-
Winston	Oliver Ford Davies	-

Review

This gem of a movie is a feast for eyes and mind – an aesthetic and intellectual triumph from Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. We follow the young couple of Carl and Yaya (Harris Dickinson and the late Charlbi Dean), who work as models and influencers, like any 20-somethings would in the social media culture of today. When they are sponsored a luxury cruise on a lavish yacht full of wealthy people from various nationalities and backgrounds, they find themselves in a hotchpotch of different types of vanity, right between old money and new money, and surrounded by the ship's many working class crewmembers. Triangle of Sadness scrutinizes and makes fun of human selfishness and weaknesses, although Östlund doesn't view these as our downfall, but rather as part of our intrinsic nature. His microcosmos is as funny as it is poignant, because he reverses everything and plays with every convention, but without resorting to ridicule. What Östlund quite brilliantly postulates here is that being greedy and selfish has nothing to do with class or privilege – we are all basically just clinging on to and protecting what we have. And if the chance to further ourselves arises, we jump on it, regardless of our social position. Triangle of Sadness is an enjoyable ride to come along for, a fascinating tale to be let in on, and a truly idiosyncratic work of art. One of the best films of the year.