In "The worst person in the world" there is a love triangle between two men and a woman. This is however definetly not what the film is about. Central theme in the film is rather the Millenium generation not knowing what they want.
This is illustrated by main character Julie (Renate Reinsve). Julie changes study, lovers and jobs all the time and is unsure about the question of (not) haviing children. Being thirty already she is still not grown up.
The theme is illustrated by the poster of the movie. This poster shows us Julie running, but it is unclear if she is running away from or running to.
The poster refers to one memorable scene in which Julie has a dispute with one lover, stops the world with the help of a light switch, runs to her second lover and kisses with him, runs back, sets the world in motion again and continues the dispute with her first lover.
Another memorable scene is connected to Julie's 30th birthday. This scene shows in which stage of life previous generations along the female line were at their 30th birthday.
"The worst person in the world" can be seen as the third film of the Öslo trilogy" of director Joachim Trier, the first two films being "Reprise" (2006) and "Oslo, August 31st" (2011). Apart from being situated in Oslo all of these films are about the choise stress of Millenials.
"The worst person in the world" is somehow more relaxed than the two other films. This is due to leading actress Renate Reinsve in the first place, who makes Julie a really likeable person. On the other hand the fact that Julie comes from a wealthy family also plays a role (I think). However it may be, in this film Julie can afford it economically to keep doubting endlessly.
Earlier I saw "Thelma" (2017) from Joachim Trier. The two films form an interesting contraposition. Thelma knows deep inside what she wants but struggles with the fact that her strict parents are disapproving. Julie knows obviously not what she want, but her regular chances of course are tolerated by a liberal mother.
This is illustrated by main character Julie (Renate Reinsve). Julie changes study, lovers and jobs all the time and is unsure about the question of (not) haviing children. Being thirty already she is still not grown up.
The theme is illustrated by the poster of the movie. This poster shows us Julie running, but it is unclear if she is running away from or running to.
The poster refers to one memorable scene in which Julie has a dispute with one lover, stops the world with the help of a light switch, runs to her second lover and kisses with him, runs back, sets the world in motion again and continues the dispute with her first lover.
Another memorable scene is connected to Julie's 30th birthday. This scene shows in which stage of life previous generations along the female line were at their 30th birthday.
"The worst person in the world" can be seen as the third film of the Öslo trilogy" of director Joachim Trier, the first two films being "Reprise" (2006) and "Oslo, August 31st" (2011). Apart from being situated in Oslo all of these films are about the choise stress of Millenials.
"The worst person in the world" is somehow more relaxed than the two other films. This is due to leading actress Renate Reinsve in the first place, who makes Julie a really likeable person. On the other hand the fact that Julie comes from a wealthy family also plays a role (I think). However it may be, in this film Julie can afford it economically to keep doubting endlessly.
Earlier I saw "Thelma" (2017) from Joachim Trier. The two films form an interesting contraposition. Thelma knows deep inside what she wants but struggles with the fact that her strict parents are disapproving. Julie knows obviously not what she want, but her regular chances of course are tolerated by a liberal mother.
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