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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 pagan cult.

A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set amongst 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. The film grossed $46 million and received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aster's direction and Pugh's performance.

Psychology graduate student Dani Ardor is traumatized after her sister Terri kills herself and their parents by filling their home with carbon monoxide. The incident strains Dani's relationship with her already emotionally-distant boyfriend Christian Hughes, an anthropology graduate student. She learns that Christian and his friends Mark and Josh have been invited by their Swedish friend Pelle to attend a midsummer celebration at Pelle's ancestral commune, the Hårga, in Hälsingland. The celebration occurs every 90 years. Christian had hidden it from Dani, wanting to break up, but invites her along after she finds out about the trip.

The group flies to Sweden and arrives at the commune, where they meet Simon and Connie, an English couple invited by Pelle's communal brother Ingemar. He offers the group psilocybin mushrooms, and under the drug's influence, Dani has hallucinations of Terri. Tensions rise after the group witnesses an ättestupa where two commune elders commit senicide by leaping from a clifftop. When the male elder survives the fall, the cult mimics his wails of agony and crushes his skull with a mallet. Cult elder Siv explains that this is normal; every member does the same at age 72. The scene disturbs the group but they decide to stay, since Josh is doing his thesis on the commune, while Simon and Connie decide to leave. An elder tells Connie that Simon has already left without her. Confused, Connie decides to leave on her own. Later, a woman's scream is heard in the distance.

Christian also decides to do his thesis on the Hårga, and Josh accuses him of copying, creating a rift between the two, while Dani's already weak mental state deteriorates. After Mark unwittingly urinates on an ancestral tree and incites the fury of the cult, he is lured away by a member. That night, Josh sneaks into the temple to photograph the cult's sacred runic text. He sees a nude man wearing Mark's skinned face and is hit over the head, after which his body is dragged away.

The next day, Dani is coerced into taking more psychedelic drugs and participating in a maypole dancing competition. She wins and is crowned May Queen, an esteemed title. At the same time, Christian takes more drugs as well and is tempted into a sex rite designed to impregnate one of the members while other naked female cultists watch. After discovering Christian and Maja, Dani has a panic attack, and the Hårga women wail with her empathetically. After the rite, a nude and disoriented Christian discovers Josh's leg and finds Simon, who has been ritually dismembered as a blood eagle. Christian is then paralyzed by an elder.

The cult explains to Dani that, to purge the commune of its evil, nine human sacrifices must be offered. The first four victims are outsiders — Josh, Mark, Connie, and Simon — lured to them by Pelle and Ingemar. The next four victims are cult members — two sacrificed elders (the participants of the ättestupa) and two volunteers: Ingemar and Ulf. As May Queen, Dani must choose the ninth and final victim: either Christian or a villager. She chooses to sacrifice Christian. Still paralyzed, he is stuffed into a disemboweled bear and placed in a temple alongside the other sacrifices. The temple is set on fire and the cult celebrates. At first, Dani sobs in horror, but gradually smiles.

Directed by Ari Aster

Produced by

Patrik Andersson

Lars Knudsen

Written by Ari Aster

Starring

Florence Pugh

Jack Reynor

William Jackson Harper

Vilhelm Blomgren

Ellora Torchia

Archie Madekwe

Will Poulter

Music by Bobby Krlic

Cinematography Pawel Pogorzelski

Edited by Lucian Johnston

Production

companies

Square Peg

B-Reel Films

Distributed by

A24 (United States)

Nordisk Film (Sweden)

Release date

July 3, 2019 (United States)

July 10, 2019 (Sweden)

Running time

148 minutes

Country

United States

Sweden

Language English

Budget $9 million

Box office $46.9 million

Cast

Florence Pugh as Dani Ardor

Jack Reynor as Christian Hughes

William Jackson Harper as Josh

Vilhelm Blomgren as Pelle

Will Poulter as Mark

Ellora Torchia as Connie

Archie Madekwe as Simon

Henrik Norlén as Ulf

Gunnel Fred as Siv

Isabelle Grill as Maja

Agnes Rase as Dagny

Julia Ragnarsson as Inga

Mats Blomgren as Odd

Lars Väringer as Sten

Anna Åström as Karin

Hampus Hallberg as Ingemar

Liv Mjönes as Ulla

Louise Peterhoff as Hanna

Katarina Weidhagen as Ylva

Björn Andrésen as Dan

Tomas Engström as Jarl

Dag Andersson as Sven

Lennart R. Svensson as Mats

Anders Beckman as Arne

Rebecka Johnston as Ulrika

Tove Skeidsvoll as Majvor

Anders Back as Valentin

Anki Larsson as Irma

Levente Puczkó-Smith as Ruben

Gabriella Fón as Dani's mother

Zsolt Bojári as Dani's father

Klaudia Csányi as Terri Ardor

Production