Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness Lines up Ensemble Cast Led by Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean and Woody Harrelson
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From left to right: Charlbi Dean (Photo: Ilya S. Savenok, Getty Images Entertainment, via Getty Images) and Harris Dickinson (Photo: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock) Feb 04, 2020 16:02 CET Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness lines up ensemble cast led by Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean and Woody Harrelson Today the international cast of Ruben Östlund’s new film Triangle of Sadness has been announced. The international ensemble is led by rising stars Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean together with three-time Oscar nominated Woody Harrelson. The film is an epic satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich. Production will start on February 19 in Gothenburg and Trollhättan in Sweden followed by shootings on a yacht on the Adriatic Sea and in Greece. The film is expected to premiere in 2021 and SF Studios will handle Nordic distribution. The international ensemble of Triangle of Sadness is led by UK rising star Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats, The King’s Man, The Souvenir: Part II), South Africa’s Charlbi Dead (Spud, Black Lightning) and three-time Oscar nominated US star Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards, Zombieland, Midway). The cast also includes Sweden’s Henrik Dorsin (Sunny Side), Croatia’s Zlatko Buric (Pusher), Germany’s Iris Berben (Miss Sixty) and Sunnyi Melles (The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch), the Philippines’ Dolly De Leon (Verdict), Denmark’s Vicki Berlin (Anja & Viktor – In Sickness And In Health), and UK’s Oliver Ford Davies (Star Wars Episode I, II and III). “I was raised with the idea that looks don’t matter, that it is the inside that counts. Even as a child I realized that this was a well-meaning lie. Through the models, Carl and Yaya, I want to explore the significance of looks in three different environments - In the fashion world, on a luxury yacht amongst billionaires and on a desert island. On the island, a Filipino cleaning lady ends up on top of the hierarchy as she is the only one who knows how to fish. At the same time Carl finds a new way to use his good looks”, says Ruben Östlund, Director of Triangle of Sadness. Director Ruben Östlund, who won the Cannes Palme d’Or with his 2017 comedy The Square, also wrote the film which is being produced by Erik Hemmendorff at Plattform Produktion and Philippe Bober at Coproduction Office. The film is Östlund’s first in the English language and his most ambitious to date. It will be Ruben Östlund’s sixth feature film after The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Involuntary (2008), Play (2011), Force Majeure (2014) and The Square (2017). Östlund is reunited on the film with previous creative collaborators - director of photography Fredrik Wenzel (Force Majeure, The Square), production designer Josefin Åsberg (Force Majeure, The Square) and costume designer Sofie Krunegård (The Square). The film is being produced by Plattform Produktion and co-produced by Film i Väst, Essential Films, Coproduction Office, SVT, BBC Films, Arte France Cinéma, and ZDF/Arte , with support from the Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages, the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hamburg Film Fund and Nordic Film & TV Fund. The film is produced in collaboration with Heretic, Board Cadre Films, Sovereign Films and Piano Films. Imperative Entertainment will present the film with Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Ryan Friedkin as executive producers in association with 30West, whose Micah Green and Daniel Steinman will also serve as Executive Producers. SF Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics. International sales are being handled by Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office. For more information, please contact: Yaba Holst, Head of Nordic Acquisition, SF Studios, +46 73 411 95 35 Johanna Strand, Press Contact, Kult PR, [email protected], +46 70 732 73 66 About SF Studios SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the digital services SF Anytime and SF Kids. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier. About Plattform Produktion Founded in 2002 by producer Erik Hemmendorff and director Ruben Östlund, Plattform Produktion has won over a hundred international prizes worldwide including the Palme d’Or for The Square (2017). Plattform Produktion has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe and BAFTA, and both shortlisted and nominated for an Academy Award. The company’s resume also includes the Jury Prize in Cannes Un Certain Regard, a record number of Swedish Guldbagge and EFA Awards including Best Film. The US remake of Force Majeure called Downhill and starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus will open in the US through Searchlight next month..