Involuntary presented by Rania Attieh

Ruben Östlund explores uneasy social dynamics through five darkly humorous, profoundly unsettling vignettes in his multi-chapter sophomore feature, which he has called “a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy.” From a party host too proud to treat a nasty fireworks injury to a teacher placed in the middle of an uncomfortable situation when she observes a colleague mistreating a student, Involuntary is a fearless expression of Östlund’s interest in issues of public morality, codes of masculinity, and the tension between the individual and the group.