Triangle of Sadness takes four top prizes at European film awards
by Phil Hoad in Reykjavík from World news | The Guardian on (#66Q8B)
Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or-winning satire takes best picture, director, actor and screenplay at continent's answer to the Oscars
It was plain sailing at this year's European film awards in Reykjavik for Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ostlund's luxury yacht-set satire of western entitlement and self-regard, which won best film as well as three other major prizes.
The Swedish director, fast becoming an EFAs favourite, also took best director and best screenwriter to add to his six European awards for his 2017 art-world roast The Square. Veteran Croatian actor Zlatko Buri scooped best actor for his role as a Russian fertiliser magnate who becomes an unlikely revolutionary aboard Ostlund's puke-swilling ship of fools.
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