Force Majeure (2014)
Figures
Form & technique
- Tomas's emotional breakdown and confession scene → The Fragile Alpha
- The dinner scene with Mats and Fanni
- The "staged avalanche" rescue scene
Tropes
- Use of Vivaldi's "Summer" from The Four Seasons → Anempathetic Sound
- Tomas's denial and revision of the avalanche event
- Ebba repeatedly telling the story of the avalanche to other couples
- The film's observational, static long takes
- Tomas's failure as a protector
- The children's reactions being mostly unheard or seen from a distance
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