Midsommar

Midsommar follows Dani, a emotionally devastated young woman who travels to rural Sweden with her detached boyfriend and his friends to attend a rare midsummer celebration. What initially appears to be a picturesque folk festival gradually reveals itself as a deeply disturbing pagan cult with increasingly terrifying intentions. Director Ari Aster crafts a uniquely unsettling horror experience set almost entirely in blinding sunlight, using Dani's emotional trauma as the emotional core of the story.

• The film was shot almost entirely in natural daylight.
• Director Ari Aster wrote the script after a painful breakup.
• The Swedish commune set was built in Hungary, not Sweden.
• Florence Pugh learned Swedish folk dances for her role.
• The director's cut runs approximately 171 minutes long.

• It hurts. It just really hurts.
• You're in a sacred place. You must show respect.
• We just thought you'd enjoy getting away somewhere bright.
• She's already home. She found her people.
• May I sit? I feel pulled to sit with you.