A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
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Cast
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| Johannes Kuhnke | ... | Tomas (as Johannes Bah Kuhnke) | |
| Lisa Loven Kongsli | ... | Ebba | |
| Clara Wettergren | ... | Vera | |
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Vincent Wettergren | ... | Harry |
| Kristofer Hivju | ... | Mats | |
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Fanni Metelius | ... | Fanny |
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Karin Myrenberg | ... | Charlotte (as Karin Myrenberg Faber) |
| Brady Corbet | ... | Amerikanen | |
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Johannes Moustos | ... | Stadaren |
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Jorge Lattof | ... | Tomba |
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Adrian Heinisch | ... | Busschauffören |
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Michael Breitenberger | ... | Rökande mannen |
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Karl Pincon | ... | Turistfotografen (as Karl Pinçon) |
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Julie Roumogoux | ... | Snowboardparet (as Julie Roumegoux) |
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Peter Gaunt | ... | Snowboardparet |
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A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. Written by Cannes Film Festival
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skiing holiday | matronizing | passive aggressive woman | emotionally abusive wife | martyress syndrome |Taglines:
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Release Date:
30 December 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$23,309, 26 October 2014Gross USA:
$1,359,497Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,094,339Company Credits
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BLS Business Location Südtirol-Alto Adige, Beofilm, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) See more »
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Written by Sebastian Ingrosso, Thomas Olsen, Vincent Pontare, Adam Baptiste, John Lindstrom Martin and Michel Zitron
Performed by Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash
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Ironically for a winter film, the recurring main music theme of the movie is from Antonio Vivaldi's Summer Concerto. See more »Goofs
The family is skiing in the French Alps, but when Mats and Fanny are waiting for the elevator after their awkward evening with Tomas and Ebba, the directory beside the elevator is in Swedish. See more »Soundtracks
Reload (Radio edit)Written by Sebastian Ingrosso, Thomas Olsen, Vincent Pontare, Adam Baptiste, John Lindstrom Martin and Michel Zitron
Performed by Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash
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A Swedish family is on a break in the French Alps; mother father and daughter and son. They intend to have some 'family time' and do some skiing, on their first day they are having lunch at a mountain top restaurant when they see a 'controlled avalanche'. It though is a bit more boisterous than planned and everyone thinks they are going to be engulfed.
What happens next will cast a pall over the family bigger than the avalanche smoke that settles over them as they realize they are safe.
Now this is one of those films that takes an idea and blows it up big time. The families reactions mean that sides have to be taken and every aspect of their inter familial relationships are brought under a microscope. The acting is all excellent and the effects are stunning as indeed is the landscape. It is in English, Swedish and French with good sub titles. This was Sweden's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards but did not get very far. It is a good film, but not a great one and I read somewhere that this film should not be watched by spouses together - just in case it has resonance with you. I think that may be sage advice - either way this is a film I quite enjoyed and it is memorable too so recommended.