The Square

The Square (2008)

Some things can't be buried.

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

Date of release
2008-06-30
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (116)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Nash Edgerton

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$321.8K
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 6

The Square is a 2008 Australian neo-noir thriller film directed by Nash Edgerton, written by his brother Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner, and starring David Roberts and Claire van der Boom. The film premiered in competition at Sydney Film Festival on 15 June 2008 and after that had a limited release in Australia on 31 July 2008, and was released in North America in 2010 by Apparition.

Production

The Square is a neo-noir thriller directed by Nash Edgerton and written by his brother Joel Edgerton along with and Matthew Dabner. Based upon an original idea by Joel, the project was written and then shelved by the actor because he felt it was not strong enough. It was only made after Nash read the script and convinced him it could be filmed as a thriller.

Joel Edgerton wrote the script in eight years. He said that "I first wrote "The Square" as an idea in my early 20s just, I had notebooks filled with thoughts and ideas about movies I wanted to write, but I never was a writer until I sat down to write a screenplay for Nash. It was this sort of jumbled mess of a thing I was trying to write for him, a crime caper story.

Luke Doolan and Nash Edgerton edited the film.

Filming took place in late 2007 at Sutherland, Cronulla and Caringbah the suburbs of New South Wales, Australia.

Brad Shield was responsible for the cinematography.

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