A detailed and humorous real-time account of a failed bank robbery, an observation of how people react to the unexpected. Shot in a single take and with over 96 people meticulously choreographed, the film recreates an actual event that took place in 2006.

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 in Swedish. In 2004, he made his feature debut with the film The Guitar Mongoloid, which won the FIPRESCI Award at the Moscow IFF 2005. In 2011, Ruben’s third feature Play premiered in and won the Prix Coup de Coeur.
Languages
Swedish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Händelse vid bank
Produced
2009: Sweden

Film information

Director
Ruben Östlund
Screenplay
Ruben Östlund
Cinematography
Marius Kjellson, Erik Hemmendorff
Cast
Henrik Vikman, Lars Melin, Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh
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