2021 | Norway | Fiction

Verdens verste menneske (The Worst Person in the World)

  • Norwegian 127 mins
  • Director | Joachim Trier
  • Writer | Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
  • Producer | Thomas Robsahm, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

STATUS: Released

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Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for the revelatory, complex performance that anchors this sprawlingly novelistic film by Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier, an emotionally intricate and exhilarating character study of a woman entering her thirties. Amid the seemingly endless possibilities of the modern world, Julie (Reinsve) wavers over artistic passions and professions, the question of motherhood, and relationships with two very different men: a successful comic-book artist (Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie) and a charismatic barista (Herbert Nordrum). Working with a team of longtime collaborators, Trier and his perennial cowriter Eskil Vogt construct in The Worst Person in the World, the Oscar-nominated third entry in their unofficial Oslo Trilogy, a liberating portrait of self-discovery and a bracingly contemporary spin on the romantic comedy.

Self‑Discovery Love Identity Choices Modern
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The Criterion Collection
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