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Swedish filmmaker and writer Sigge Eklund has directed Ruben, a characteristic documentary astir Ruben Östlund and nan making of his latest film, The Entertainment System Is Down.
The Entertainment System Is Down was changeable complete nan past fewer years and is presently successful post-production. The movie is expected to compete astatine adjacent year’s Cannes Film Festival, and, according to nan synopsis of Eklund’s documentary, it is simply a “project driven by an almost intolerable ambition: to go nan first filmmaker successful history to triumph 3 Palme d’Or awards astatine nan Cannes Film Festival.”
The doc’s synopsis continues: “The documentary originates successful 2022, conscionable aft nan premiere of Triangle of Sadness. Ruben is astatine nan highest of nan movie world, yet already consumed by nan request to create thing moreover bigger, bolder, and much uncompromising than before. The mobility is: what should nan adjacent movie beryllium astir — and what value is he consenting to salary to execute his goal?
“Eventually, an thought emerges: an full movie group connected a long-haul formation wherever nan intermezo strategy abruptly stops working. A full-scale airplane group is constructed wrong a monolithic hangar successful Budapest, and nan accumulation quickly turns into a high-wire enactment — technically, financially, and emotionally.”
Ruben is produced by Stockholm Syndrome and Tiisch Film successful co-production pinch SVT and Film I Väst. SF Studios is nan distributor. The task was announced this day astatine Film one Väst’s yearly Cannes property conference. Film one Väst is nan co-producer of 2 features successful nan main title this twelvemonth astatine Cannes. Those titles are Fjord, directed by Christian Mungiu, and Gentle Monster, directed by Marie Kreutzer.
“We’re incredibly proud of our co-productions being selected for title successful Cannes for nan 10th consecutive year, which shows Film one Väst’s beardown world position”, Kristina Börjeson, Head of Production astatine Film one Väst, said successful a statement.
“Simultaneously, we’re presenting 8 caller co-productions, each of them either being changeable aliases post-produced successful Västra Götaland. We look guardant to them reaching festivals and audiences successful nan coming years.”
