THE SQUARE

Directed By RUBEN ÖSTLUND

Thurs 17 Aug 7pm Palace Barracks – includes drink on arrival and after party with drinks canapés and entertainment.

“Thrillingly weird … it sets out to make your jaw drop. And it succeeds … This is high wire cinema!” – The Guardian

Christian (Claes Bang) likes to think he’s a good and ethical person. He’s a devoted dad-of-two, a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, a charitable giver, and he even drives an electric car. And as curator of Stockholm’s palatial art museum, his next show is The Square, a wonderfully positive installation that invites passers-by to do good deeds, reminding them of their interconnectedness, their social conscience, their very humanity. But some days, it’s hard to live up to your own ideals. After stepping in to help a stranger, Christian finds he’s been mugged, his wallet and phone have been stolen – and his calm and considered altruism is gone in an instant, replaced by a raging need to track down the thief at all costs. Meanwhile, at the museum, a ruthlessly gung-ho public relations agency has gone a little too far to build some buzz for The Square, sparking a public outcry and adding to Christian’s woes. Writer/director Ruben Östlund mercilessly takes a sledgehammer to the stuffy, bourgeois, self-absorbed art world in this weird and darkly funny Palme d’Or-winning satire, which also stars Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West.

PALACE CENTRO

THE SQUARE

Sunday, August 20

3:20 pm

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Sunday, August 27

5:45 pm

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PALACE BARRACKS

THE SQUARE

Thursday, August 17

7:00 pm

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Friday, August 25

6:00 pm

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PALACE CENTRO

THE SQUARE

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THE SQUARE

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