Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Video essay examining how Ruben Ostlund tracks the ripples of a seemingly insignificant moment in Triangle of Sadness and Force Majeure. Ostlund won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Square in 2017 then again in 2022 for Triangle of Sadness, which was also nominated for multiple Oscars and BAFTAs. More video essays: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLWo4eAfFcpvnRlli7fOMusIb2lMLWb0T

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