Triangle of Sadness

Showtimes October 21 - 27:

Carl and Yaya are social media influencers who can’t seem to decide whether they’re really a couple or just fine with acting like one. When they’re offered a cruise on a very expensive yacht, they bicker like soon-to-be-ex-lovers as they pose for smiling selfies surrounded by the billionaire elite. Things begin to head south rather more precipitously on the night of the captain’s dinner, when a storm not only upsets their stomachs but leads to more than a few problems with the boat’s sewage and electrical systems. As if that’s not enough, the captain (Woody Harrelson) is a drunk, and there are pirates on the seas. Before they know it, their luxury yacht is sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

As the survivors begin washing up on an island, they quickly realize that no one has the skills to last more than a few days in the wild. That is, until a lifeboat arrives with one of the crew, Abigail (Dolly De Leon). On board the yacht, she was a cabin cleaner. But since knows how to cook and fish… on the island, she’s the boss. With their world turned upside down, Carl, Yaya, and the other passengers use what little social currency they have to survive with Abigail at the helm.

From Force Majeure to The Square to Triangle of Sadness, there’s a clear vision in the way Östlund constructs, blocks, and executes his social commentary, and a playfulness that makes you laugh as it makes you think. While subtlety may not be his primary aim, the raucous style of this takedown of capitalism and its excesses makes it a hoot.

R / 2 hrs 30 mins.
(Sweden, France, UK / 2022 / Directed by Ruben Östlund)