Directed by Joachim Trier
Norway | 2021 | Fiction | 121 min | Norwegian w/ subtitles
Film Source: Neon
Sponsors: Bobbie Lanahan
Virtual | Geoblocked to VT
This delightful romantic comedy from Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier isn’t afraid to take risks with the form. Divided into twelve chapters, plus a prologue and epilogue, The Worst Person in the World explores the process of falling in and out of love, and maybe in again, and maybe out again, with all the joy, heartache, spontaneity, and resentment the experience can bring. Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her deeply felt work as the impulsive and charming Julie, a young woman prone to trying on identities and loves as she searches for the ones that fit just right. The Worst Person in the World is the third installment in Trier’s loosely connected “Oslo Trilogy.” ~Travis Weedon
*This is one of three films selected by the Film and Media Culture Department at Middlebury College in partnership with VTIFF to screen in the Hirschfield International Film Series.