Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter. It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years, only to find themselves in the clutches of a Scandinavian pagan cult. A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists. Aster devised a screenplay using elements of the concept, but made a deteriorating relationship the central conflict after he experienced a difficult breakup. The film was shot on location in Budapest in the summer and autumn of 2018. Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019, by A24 and in Sweden on July 10, 2019, by Nordisk Film.
| Director | Ari Aster |
| Produced by | Patrik Andersson, Lars Knudsen |
| Writer(s) | Ari Aster |
| Starring | Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Will Poulter |
| Music | Bobby Krlic |
| Cinematography | Pawel Pogorzelski |
| Edited by | Lucian Johnston |
| Distributed by | A24 (United States), Nordisk Film (Sweden) |
| Released | July 3, 2019 (United States), July 10, 2019 (Sweden) |
| Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | United States, Sweden |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $47.9 million |
About Midsommar
American-Swedish folk horror film about a couple who visits a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival which occurs only every 90 years. It becomes a violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Achievement of Midsommar
The film is the second feature by rising horror auteur Ari Aster. It was initially planned by production company A24 as a slasher film, but Aster turned a deteriorating relationship into the central conflict.
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