Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) selected as Sweden’s entry for best foreign film for next year’s Academy Awards
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 15, 2009 under Academy award, Foreign Film | 
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The Swedish Film Institute announced that Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) has been selected as Sweden’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards.
The film, which screened in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for five Guldbaggers, the Swedish national film awards, and the Swedish Critics’s Association named it best feature in 2008. At the Stockholm International Film Festival, it won for best original screenplay as well as the Star Audience Award.
Involuntary is a tragic comedy, both amusing and frightening.
On a bus from Göteborg to Stockholm, a well-known actress is afraid to admit that she was the one who broke the drape runner in the bathroom. Leif is partying with the boys at a country house, and once the booze starts to flow, he’s willing to do almost anything to impress the crew. Teenagers Sara and Linnéa are raiding their parents’ bar to get ready for a night out on the town.
The fragmented storytelling, with black screens that clearly separate the different narratives, is enhanced by the minimalist camera work. And the use of relatively unknown actors, apart from Maria Lundqvist, who basically plays herself, only adds to Östlund’s quest for realism.
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