---
title: 'Involuntary (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ruben Östlund'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/involuntary-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232826/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Involuntary (2008)

2008 · 96 min · Drama, Comedy · Sweden

Original title: De ofrivilliga

## Synopsis

Involuntary is a 2008 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund, and written by Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff. It is described as "a tragic comedy or comic tragedy", and features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme. The film is notable for its long takes with no cuts within the scenes. This is related to Östlund's background as a skiing film director, where a cut would only indicate failure. The longest scene lasts for seven minutes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund), [Erik Hemmendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-hemmendorff)
- **Editor:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benny Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-andersson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marius Dybwad Brandrud](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-dybwad-brandrud)

## Cast

- [Cecilia Milocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecilia-milocco)
- [Ida Linnertorp](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-linnertorp)
- [Lars Melin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-melin)
- [Lola Ewerlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/lola-ewerlund)
- [Vera Vitali](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-vitali)
- [Maria Lundqvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-lundqvist)
- [Josef Säterhagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-saterhagen)
- [Gunilla Johansson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunilla-johansson)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.involuntarymovie.co.uk/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/involuntary-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q218496); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.