Force Majeure (/fɔrs maʒœr/; Swedish: Turist, “tourist”) is a 2014 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund. It won the Best Film award at the 50th Guldbagge Awards.
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, FORCE MAJEURE is a darkly hilarious psychodrama. Handsome, successful Tomas, his wife Ebba and their two children are on a luxury skiing holiday. The sun is shining and the powder is perfection but when an avalanche suddenly bears down on them and his wife and children panic, Tomas makes a decision that will leave him struggling to reclaim his role as family patriarch.