"My film is inspired in the Marxist theories saying that our position in financial hierarchy is changing our behavior"
FRANCE 24 speaks to a director who previously won the top honour at Cannes, the Palme d’Or, for his film "The Square".
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s new dark comedy "Triangle of Sadness" is a satire of the super-rich that questions what it is to be a man in today’s world.
Triangle of Sadness was produced by Plattform (Sweden), with co-production by Essential Films (Germany), Coproduction Office (France – also in charge of its sales), SVT (Sweden), ZDF/ARTE (Germany), ARTE France and TRT (Turkey).
With Eve Jackson he talks about the crisis of the privileged white male, why he likes awkward situations and why women and men should split the bill.
Set in the world of world fashion - a satire in which a pair of models find themselves at a crossroads in their careers. Fashion model couple Carl and Yaya are invited on a luxury cruise. When the yacht sinks they become stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and a cleaning lady. In the fight for survival, old hierarchies are turned upside down since the cleaning lady is the only one who knows how to fish.