Midsommar
Midsommar
“ Let the festivities begin. ”
CINEMA2019-07-03
DIGITAL2019-09-01
RegionSE / US
Runtime148 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Ari Aster inverts traditional horror tropes by drenching visceral pagan terror in blinding, colorful Nordic sunlight.”
“Ari Aster’s sunlit masterpiece turning a picturesque Swedish commune into an inescapable waking nightmare.”
Storyline
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
DIRECTOR / Director
Ari Aster
KEYWORDS
loss of loved oneritualparanoiaswedenculthallucinogenic drugmagic mushroomanthropologyhuman sacrificepaganismdeath of familyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipgrievingmidsummercultural conflictbad tripfolk horrorpsychological disorderstoxic relationshipmidnight sunisolated communitysummer festivaltraumatized womanviolence
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