---
title: 'The Square (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ruben Östlund'
released: '2017-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 152
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-square-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4995790/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Square (2017)

2017 · R · 152 min · Comedy · Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden


## Synopsis

The Square is a 2017 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund. The film stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. A Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark, it was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made. Östlund was also inspired by a notorious incident involving Oleg Kulik and cast Notary in a parody, drawing on Notary's experience imitating apes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund)
- **Editor:** [Ruben Östlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-ostlund), [Jacob Schulsinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacob-schulsinger)
- **Producer:** [Erik Hemmendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-hemmendorff), [Philippe Bober](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-bober)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fredrik Wenzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredrik-wenzel)

## Cast

- [Bo Melin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-melin)
- [Daniel Hallberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-hallberg)
- [Per Magnus Johansson](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-magnus-johansson)
- [Dominic West](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-west)
- [John Nordling](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-nordling)
- [Madeleine Trollvik](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-trollvik)
- [Annica Liljeblad](https://cinepixo.com/people/annica-liljeblad)
- [Sofie Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofie-hamilton)
- [Peter Viitanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-viitanen)
- [Elisabeth Moss](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-moss)
- [Stefan Gödicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-godicke)
- [Terry Notary](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-notary)
- [Moa Enqvist Stefansdotter](https://cinepixo.com/people/moa-enqvist-stefansdotter)
- [Johan Jonason](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-jonason)
- [Marga Pettersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marga-pettersson)

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