Downhill
Downhill is a 2020 American black comedy-drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who also co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. The film is a remake of Force Majeure (2014) by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as a married couple going through a rough patch after a near-death encounter during a family ski outing.
Plot
After believing they are about to be killed by an avalanche during a family ski vacation in Ischgl, Austria, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
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author | Jesse Armstrong Jim Rash Nat Faxon |
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director | Jim Rash Nat Faxon |
editor | Pamela Martin |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | austria force ischgl kill married couple |
musicBy | Hauschka |
producer | Anthony Bregman Julia Louis-Dreyfus Stefanie Azpiazu |
productionCompany | Filmhaus Films Likely Story Searchlight Pictures TSG Entertainment |
publisher | Searchlight Pictures |
theme | black comedy independent |