Force Majeure (2014) on Netflix
A Swedish family skis in the French Alps: Tomas, Ebba, and their children. At a mountainside lunch, a controlled avalanche sends diners fleeing, and Ebba is left with the children.
- Netflix4.2/5
- IMDb7.2/1073,599 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes94%
Trailer
Plot summary
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
—Anonymous
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch.
—Cannes Film Festival
Outwardly, married Swedish couple Tomas and Ebba and their two adolescent offspring Vera and Harry could be the poster children for the western upper middle class and the modern nuclear family of their cultural and social standing.
Cast
- Jorge Lattofas Tomba
- Adrian Heinischas Busschauffören
- Michael Breitenbergeras Rökande mannen
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Force Majeure (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The scene in which Ebba demands to be let off the bus is based on a YouTube viral video titled "Idiot Spanish bus driver almost kills students".
