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THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Verdens verste menneske) (15)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Verdens verste menneske) (15)
Director: Joachim Trier
Runtime: 128 minutes
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum
Synopsis: The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGya9cvLuyM
Acclaimed filmmaker Joachim Trier [(Reprise (2006); Oslo, August 31 (2011)] returns with the third film in his ‘Oslo Trilogy’. The Worst Person in the World is a wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love meaning. Set in contemporary Oslo, it features a star-making lead performance from and Renate Reinsve as a young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts deciding what she wants to do, who she wants to be, and ultimately who she wants to become. Co-starring Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum as the men pivoting around Julie’s magnetic presence, this is as much a formally playful character study as it is a poignant and perceptive observation of quarter-life angst.
This wry, life-affirming coming of age story is told with Trier’s characteristically exuberant flourishes that deservedly won Renate Reinsve the Best Actress award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened at the Glasgow Film Festival 22.
It takes a sweet, sometimes sad, but often very funny look at human relationships at the time of life when proper adulthood is drawing ever closer and the feeling to flee is tempting.
The worst person in the world is Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman on the verge of turning thirty who, like the best of us, is clueless about who she wants to be with, who she is, and, ultimately, who she wants to become. Over the Scandi backdrop of metropolitan Oslo, she navigates the troubled waters of young adulthood, and slowly but surely starts 0assembling the puzzle.
“I wanted to go back to basics, to talk about ideas, characters, scenes and the type of cinema that I started out with,” commented Joachim Trier.
“It started almost like a therapy: what do I want to talk about in my life right now? I am now in my forties, I’ve seen friends going through different types of relationships and I felt that I wanted to talk about love, and about the negotiation between the fantasy of what we think our lives will be and the reality of what they become.
“The character of Julie started arriving: a spontaneous woman, searching and believing that you can change your identity, and then suddenly having to confront the limitations of time and of oneself. There isn’t an endless number of possibilities in a lifetime, but I sympathize with her yearning.”
Crafted with the utmost flair and authenticity, this is a relevant contemporary romantic comedy drama with a mesmerising central performance from Renate Reinsve and a strong ensemble.
The Worst Person in the World will cause laughter and maybe tears , and will probably make the viewer find themselves falling for the worst person in the world.
A sweet, sometimes sad, but often very funny look at human relationships at the time of life when proper adulthood is drawing ever closer and the feeling to flee is tempting.
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