<em>The Square</em> Is a Masterful Symphony of Discomfort
Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or–winning follow-up to <em>Force Majeure </em>is a cutting satire of the Swedish art world.
Nothing seems to fascinate the writer and director Ruben Östlund more than the life cycle of a bad decision. Early on in his new film , which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the well-to-do museum curator Christian (Claes Bang) takes it upon himself to right a perceived wrong: the theft of his cellphone. A tracking app tells him it’s somewhere in a tower block in Stockholm; encouraged by his co-worker, Christian decides to go apartment by apartment, floor by floor, posting
