If you and your family were faced with
a life-threatening situation, how would you react? Would you put
yourself in harm's way to protect your loved ones, or would your
self-preservation reflexes compel you to flee?
Obviously, the more valorous answer is
the one you would give to anyone who asks, but the truth is we never
really know which instinct will rule our actions until we're actually
faced with a real force majeure. That legalese term for an
extraordinary or dangerous circumstance is also the title of Swedish
provocateur Ruben Östlund's
new dramedy, which probes this hypothetical for some revelations as
slippery as a double black diamond ski run.
Östlund
sets the scene at a luxury resort in the French Alps, where we meet a
seemingly idyllic family: Tomas, Ebba, and their kids Harry &
Vera. And yet Östlund
suggests that they're not nearly as solid as they let on.
