Movie

Force Majeure

2014 · 119 min

A slow-burn, cringe-inducing examination of a marriage that turns a moment of panic into a psychological pressure cooker.

Tagline: A film about disasters - both natural and man-made.
Overview: While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
How it feels: Tense, satirical, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Betrayal, family, identity, guilt
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
family
identity
guilt
morality
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild