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Incident by a Bank
Incident by a Bank
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5,025 Ratings

INCIDENT BY A BANK

Händelse vid bank

Directed by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, 2010
Short, Drama

Synopsis

Incident by a bank is a detailed account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 90 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. The film recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm in June 2006.

Synopsis

Incident by a bank is a detailed account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 90 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. The film recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm in June 2006.

Our take

Long before he won the Palme d’Or for The Square, Swedish provocateur Ruben Östlund took home the Golden Bear from Berlin for this ingenious short. Reconstructing a real-life event in a single take, Incident by a Bank is a hilariously prickly examination of societal apathy and self-absorption.