The first trailer for Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness’ has surfaced to announce an October 7 release date. The satirical black comedy won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Östlund thus accumulates two Golden Palms to his credit thanks to his 2017 satire ‘The Square’. The new film marks Östlund’s first feature film in English.
Vomit and excrement in stalls
‘Triangle of Sadness’ stars Harris Dickinson as an aspiring model who gets a chance to vacation aboard a luxury yacht after his influential girlfriend wins them a free trip. Woody Harrelson plays the alcoholic captain of the yachtwhich is filled with snooty, smug guests who make up the 1%, but everyone gets what they deserve when the ride takes a dark turn.
At the Cannes Film Festival in May, ‘Triangle of Sadness’ surprised audiences and caused some dropouts thanks to a 15-minute scene showing vomiting and defecation in all its graphic detail. Neon, who picked up the film for distribution outside of Cannes, seems to embrace the film’s gross factor.as the poster shows one of the characters vomiting gold.
‘Triangle of Sadness’ joins ‘Titane’ and Oscar winner ‘Parasite’ in being the third consecutive Palme d’Or winner released by Neon. The film will premiere in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival and will open in October.