Triangle of Sadness is a 2022 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund in his English-language feature film debut. The film stars Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Vicki Berlin, and Woody Harrelson. It is the last film Dean starred in before her death in August 2022. The film follows a celebrity couple on a luxury cruise with wealthy guests.
Triangle of Sadness had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation and won the Palme d'Or, and was released in France on 28 September, in the United States and Sweden on 7 October, in Germany on 13 October, and in the United Kingdom on 28 October. The film received generally positive reviews, while De Leon's performance received international praise, garnering her first Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her supporting role. It also won four European Film Awards, including the Best Film award, and received three nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Plot
Carl, a model, and Yaya, a model and influencer, are dating. Carl resents Yaya for expecting him to pay for meals even though she earns more than he does; they often bicker about money and gender roles. Yaya admits that she is in a relationship with Carl for the engagement it earns them on social media, and that she seeks to become a trophy wife, but Carl declares that she will come to love him.
They are invited on a luxury cruise aboard a superyacht in exchange for its social media promotion. Among the wealthy guests are the Russian oligarch Dimitry and his wife Vera; the elderly couple Clementine and Winston, who have made their fortune manufacturing weapons; Therese, a wheelchair-user only capable of speaking a single sentence in German following a stroke; and Jarmo, a lonely tech millionaire who flirts with Yaya. The guests luxuriate on the yacht, oblivious to the crew working to meet their every need and whim. The head of staff, Paula, demands they obey the guests' absurd requests, including having every crew member swim in the sea. When the kitchen crew are ordered to swim, the chef says that this means the food will go off, but the kitchen crew are ordered anyway. Meanwhile, the yacht's captain, Thomas Smith, spends his time drunk in his cabin.
Paula gets Thomas to sober up and attend the captain's dinner as the yacht passes through a storm. Several guests become violently seasick, vomit or have diarrhea, possibly due to the food, and panic breaks out. The drunken Thomas and Dimitry debate in favor of communism and capitalism, respectively, over the intercom. Several guests are injured as the storm tosses the ship, the sewage floods, and the power goes out. When morning arrives, pirates attack, killing Clementine and Winston with a grenade and capsizing the yacht.
A small group of survivors consisting of Carl, Yaya, Dimitry, Therese, Paula, Jarmo, ship mechanic Nelson (whom Dimitry accuses of being one of the pirates), and cleaning woman Abigail manage to escape to an island. At first, Paula continues to order Abigail to service the cruise guests. When it become clear that Abigail the only one with survival skills, such as catching fish and building fires, she usurps command by withholding food. As the survivors bond and come to terms with their situation, Abigail gains power, getting her own private bed inside a lifeboat and coercing Carl into a sexual relationship in exchange for Carl getting special privileges and food. Yaya grows jealous while Carl considers leaving her for Abigail. Jarmo kills a wild donkey by smashing it with a rock, which Dimitry and Nelson celebrate.
Yaya decides to hike to the other side of the island, and Abigail volunteers to go with her despite Carl's concerns. They discover an elevator and realize they have been stranded near a luxury resort. Back at the camp, Therese encounters a beach vendor but is unable to communicate her situation. Yaya celebrates finding the elevator, but Abigail hesitates to enter. She then prepares to attack Yaya with a rock, but hesitates when the oblivious Yaya offers to help Abigail get better work, such as being Yaya's assistant. Elsewhere, Carl frantically runs through the jungle, calling out for Yaya.
Cast
- Harris Dickinson as Carl
- Charlbi Dean as Yaya
- Dolly de Leon as Abigail
- Zlatko Burić as Dimitry
- Iris Berben as Therese
- Vicki Berlin as Paula
- Henrik Dorsin as Jarmo
- Jean-Christophe Folly as Nelson
- Amanda Walker as Clementine
- Oliver Ford Davies as Winston
- Sunnyi Melles as Vera
- Woody Harrelson as the captain
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