The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired US rights to director Ruben Östlund's FORCE MAJEURE, after its Un Certain Regard premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
FORCE MAJEURE tells the story of a Swedish family on a pleasant ski vacation in the French Alps. During a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, a looming avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, the mother shields her children. Meanwhile, the father grabs his iPhone and runs for his life. When the anticipated disaster fails to occur, a marriage hangs in the balance and family dynamics are upended in this wickedly funny psychodrama.
The film premiered at Cannes to critical acclaim, where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize. The Washington Post called it "stingingly clever and well executed, filmed with crystalline clarity and observant humor."
“FORCE MAJEURE is a brilliantly executed razor of a film, hilarious, heartbreaking and absurd, and sometimes all at once. the post-movie dinner conversations should be very interesting,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles.
“I am very happy that Magnolia will bring my film to the US audiences and i really think that the content of FORCE MAJEURE is even more interesting in an North American context” said Ruben Östlund.
The deal was negotiated for Magnolia by Director of Acquisitions John Von Thaden and by SVP of Acquisitions Dori Begley with Olimpia Pont Cháfer, Head of Sales at Coproduction Office.
FORCE MAJEURE has been sold around the world: Argentina / Chile / Paraguay / Uruguay (LAT-E), Australia / New Zealand (Sharmill Films) Austria (Filmladen), Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands (Lumiere), Czech Republic / Slovakia (Film Europe), Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania (Must Käsi), France (Bac Films with Distrib Films), Finland (Cinema Mondo), Germany (Alamode), Greece (Feelgood), Hungary (Cirko), Italy (Teodora), Mexico (Canibal), Poland (Against Gravity), Portugal (Alambique), Spain (Golem), Switzerland (Look Now!), Turkey (Filmarti), UK / Ireland (Artificial Eye). Deals in Brazil, Ex-Yugoslavia, Iceland, Central America, South Korea or Taiwan are expected to be confirmed shortly.
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About Magnolia
Magnolia Pictures (www.magpictures.com) is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that also includes the Landmark Theatres chain and AXS TV. Recent releases include Lars Von Trier's NYMPHOMANIAC, the riveting killer whale doc BLACKFISH, Joe Swanberg's DRINKING BUDDIES, Thomas Vinterberg's Oscar-Nominated THE HUNT, and hit documentaries MUSCLE SHOALS, JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI and THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES. Magnolia's upcoming releases include Richard Ayoade's dystopian vision THE DOUBLE, Steve James' Roger Ebert doc LIFE ITSELF, Joe Berlinger's Whitey Bulger doc WHITEY, Lenny Abrahamson's FRANK, THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY with Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Issac and Kirsten Dunst, Gregg Araki's WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD starring Shailene Woodley, Joe Swanberg's HAPPY CHRISTMAS, Lukas Moodysson's WE ARE THE BEST! and many more.
About Coproduction Office
Coproduction Office (www.coproductionoffice.eu) produces and sells bold and award-winning feature films by directors with a strong personal vision. Founded in 1987 by French producer Philippe Bober, the European group of companies consists of a sales company and three production companies, Essential (Berlin), Parisienne (Paris) and Coproduction Office (Copenhagen), under the banner Coproduction Office. Amongst Europe’s top sales companies, Coproduction Office differentiates itself with its outstanding catalogue of carefully chosen gems.
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