Triangle of Sadness

This dark comedy centers on a fashion model celebrity couple (Dickinson and Dean) who are invited on a luxury cruise for the super-rich. The yacht –whose captain is a rabid Marxist (Harrelson)– sinks, leaving the duo stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaire jetsetters and a cleaning lady, with the ensuing fight for survival turning the pre-existing hierarchy upside down and changing the dynamics of the group: the cleaning lady rises to the top of the food chain as she is the only one who knows how to cook.[2]

• Harris Dickinson as Carl
• Charlbi Dean as Yaya
• Woody Harrelson as Captain Thomas Smith
• Zlatko Burić as Dimitry
• Iris Berben
• Sunnyi Melles as Vera
• Henrik Dorsin
• Dolly De Leon as Abigail
• Vicki Berlin
• Oliver Ford Davies

The project was first announced by director Ruben Östlund in June 2017, after his film The Square won the Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival the previous month. He revealed that the film was to be called Triangle of Sadness and it would be a "wild" satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich. According to the filmmaker, the title makes reference to a "term used by plastic surgeons to fix a wrinkle between the eyes with Botox in 15 minutes".[3]

Research for some parts of the script took place in May 2018. Casting lasted from August to November 2018 in the cities of Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and Gothenburg,[4] and continued in Moscow in March 2019. Location scouting began in January 2019 and lasted intermittently until October 2019. From November 2019 to the first half of February 2020, Östlund fine-tuned the last details of pre-production of the film.

On February 4, 2020, it was reported that Triangle of Sadness would begin principal photography on February 19 in Sweden and Greece, marking the start of a 70-day shoot. The cast would feature Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, and Woody Harrelson.[5] After the first 25 days, production was forced to pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic with about 37% of shooting completed.[6]

On June 26, 2020, production restarted in Sweden after a three-month break, allowing Harrelson to finish shooting his scenes, but was forced to stop once again in mid-July.[7] On September 18, production of the film resumed on location on Hiliadou Beach, Greece, for the last 38 days, which were broken down in eight weeks. Triangle of Sadness wrapped production on November 13, resulting in a 73-day shoot. Östlund mentioned that the production carried out 1,061 tests throughout filming and all were negative.[1]

Filming also took place on other Greek islands, on the stages of Film i Vast in Trollhättan, Sweden, and on a yacht sailing in the Mediterranean –the Christina O., Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy’s yacht–.[2]

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