Ruben Östlund picked up the top prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his “Triangle of Sadness”, a satire of the super wealthy set on a luxury cruise liner, joining the elite club of two-time Palme d’Or winners.
Five years after triumphing at Cannes with “The Square”, which poked fun at the contemporary art world, Östlund has expanded on the same format with another biting satirical comedy, this time taking aim at the shallowness and entitlement of the obscenely rich. The “Triangle of Sadness” is named after the V-shaped frown lines that appear between eyebrows with age or stress. It prompted howls of laughter from the audience during its premiere at Cannes’ Grand Théâtre Lumière.
