While it has all of the makings of a rom-com – the voiceover, the red-herring love interest, the quirky asides, this film is more than a love story. TheWorstPersonInTheWorld oscars oslo
In the second frame of Joachim Trier’s new Norwegian film, The Worst Person in the World, which was nominated for Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay, a table of contents appears on the black screen – “A film in 12 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue.”
ADVERTISEMENT For a while the film plays into these expectations. Trier gives us a prototype rom-com plot – in the midst of her existential crises, Julie meets Aksel , a successful 44-year old comic artist who is drawn to her “flakiness” and carefree nature. They are in love, but their 15-year age gap creates distance between them, which draws Julie into the arms of Eivind , a fellow millennial flitting through life, creating the classic love triangle.
With fluid camera movements and seamless tonal shifts, Trier reminds us that time keeps moving for Julie. She returns to confront Aksel and he is completely heartbroken. In a painfully realistic scene, Julie and Aksel go through the five stages of grief on their last night together. Aksel, at 44 years old, cannot accept the reality that the love of his life is leaving him.
Throughout the film, Trier uses the omniscient third-person voiceover to take us through Julie’s journey. But in the third act of the film, that voice over disappears. When a main character succumbs to sickness, The film shifts from a lively rom-com to a languid, bittersweet drama. While the plot twist came as a surprise, the focus on confronting mortality felt like it had been coming all along. Trier dropped in deep musings on the passage of time throughout the film to prepare us.
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