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Force Majeure

A film about disasters - both natural and man-made.

6.8(1,284)20141h 59m4

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$4.1M
Language
French
  • husband wife relationship
  • dark comedy
  • family relationships
  • cowardliness
  • family vacation
  • coward
  • avalanche
  • running away
  • near-death experience
  • french alps
  • philosophical
  • psychodrama

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalRNew York City, New York24 Oct 2014
    • Digital / OTTR30 Dec 2014
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1510 Apr 2015
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM16 Oct 2014
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalToronto31 Oct 2014
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT126 Nov 2014
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical915 Aug 2014
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival30 Oct 2014
    • Theatrical5 Mar 2015
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+22 Jan 2015
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1511 Dec 2014
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival18 May 2014
    • TheatricalU28 Jan 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1220 Nov 2014
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical15 Jan 2015

Frequently asked questions

Force Majeure was released on 15 August 2014.

Audience reviews

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  • R

    Reno

    7/30/2015

    8/10

    > Family defines unity, in whatever circumstances. A Swedish dark comedy film, about a family and their vacation on the French Alps. It is not my favourite flick, but liked it a lot because of the refreshing theme. A satisfiable storytelling with the beautiful visuals of white planet. It does not feel like a dark comedy, I had some good laughs, I mean the louder ones. I was surprised how cleverly the phases cha…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/24/2024

    7/10

    Tomas" (Johannes Kuhnke), wife "Ebba" (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and the kids "Vera" (Clara Wettergren) and "Harry" (Vincent Wettergren) travel to the French Alps for a skiing holiday. The first thing you might notice from the initial photography is just how precariously positioned their resort is, and just how seriously the local authorities take the risk of avalanches. It is one of those snowy phenomena that causes a sti…

  • D

    druscilla_of_old

    7/20/2026

    6/10

    Almost no scene in a movie is as important as its final scene since the final scene has the potential to make or break the entire movie, no matter how good or bad the rest of it is. Perhaps in no other movie is this fact as clear as in this one becase its final scene ruins the entire movie, which would have a been a masterpiece otherwise. This scene - dubbed the "bus scene" by many - flies in the face of most of the …

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