"This is what we want in our lives - get married and then have kids and live in a nuclear family. To question that lifestyle is very provocative in our time"
Ruben Ostland
Les Arcs' connections with the film industry are further strengthened this week with the launch of Snow Therapy, a Franco-Swedish film set in a French ski resort - aka you-know-where.
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| The film is called Turist in Swedish and Force Majeure in English-speaking countries |
While at a mountain restaurant that looks rather like La Creche at the top of the Transarc, a Swedish family witnesses an avalanche which briefly threatens the assembled skiers. It turns out to be a false alarm. But, amidst all the excitement, the father apparently makes a run for it - taking his iPhone, while leaving his family. Result: the existing family relationships, including his role as "patriarch" are thrown upside down.
The film made its debut at Cannes, but is now on general release in France. It is getting quite good reviews, like this one in Le Parisien. The New York Times quite likes it too.
Many of the Les Arcs' sights are on show - including a scene on the Transarc, and fine shots of the architecture, including the family's holiday accommodation in what looks like Belles Challes in Arc 1800:
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