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The Entertainment System is Down

The Entertainment System is Down

Synopsis

Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment system fails and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.

Details

Year
2027
Type of project
Features
Director
Ruben Östlund
Producer
Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober
Co-Producer
Philippe Bober, Per Damgaard Hansen
Executive Producer
Vladimir Zemtsov
Director of Photography
Fredrik Wenzel
Production Designer
Josefin Åsberg
Principal cast
Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Bruhl, Samantha Morton, Nicolas Braun, Tobias Menzies, Vincent Lindon

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Production Status

Production Company

Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, UK, US co-production

A Coproduction Office (FR), Plattform Produktion (SE), Parisienne de Production (FR), Canal+ (FR), Cinema Inutile (US), Creative Europe Media (NL), Disney+ (US), Essential Filmproduktion GmbH (DE), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (DE), Good Chaos (UK), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), production in co-production with BBC Film (UK), Film i Väst (SE), Sveriges Television SVT (SE), ZDF/Arte (DE), Arte France Cinéma (FR), SF Studios (SE), Eye Eye Pictures (NO), Paloma Productions (SE) in association with Bord Cadre Films (CH), Gold Rush Pictures (UK), Proton Cinema (HU), Sovereign Films (UK). Supported by Swedish Film Institute (SE), Norsk Filminstitutt (NFI) (NO), The Danish Film Institute Archive (DK)

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