Verdens Verste Menneske La persona peggiore del mondo

12 novembre > SALA 1 ore 20

Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark – 2021 – colore – 127’

CREDITS

Direction: Joachim Trier

Screenplay: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Cinematography: Kasper Tuxen DFF

Editing: Olivier Bugge Coutté

Set design: Roger Rosenberg

Original music: Ola Fløttum

Costumes: Ellen Dæhli Ystehede

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørneby, Vidar Sandem, Maria Grazia de Meo, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Deniz Kaya

Producers: Thomas Robsahm, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar in associazione con Mone Mikkelsen, Renée Mlodyszewski in coproduction with Nathanaël Karmitz, Juliette Schrameck, Elisha Karmitz, Peter Possne, Mikkel Jersin, Katrin Pors, Eva Jacobsen, Mattias Nohrborg

Production: Oslo Pictures Mk Productions, Film I Väst, Snowglobe, B-Reel in coproduzione con Arte France Cinéma in associazione con Memento Distribution, mk2 films, Arte France

Distribuzione italiana Italian distribution: Teodora Film

World Sales: MK2 Films

SYNOPSIS

Julie is turning thirty and her life is an existential mess. Several of her talents have gone to waste and her older boyfriend, Aksel – a successful graphic novelist – is pushing for them to settle down. One night, she gatecrashes a party and meets the young and charming Eivind. Before long, she has broken up with Aksel and thrown herself into yet another new relationship, hoping for a new perspective on her life. But she will come to realize that some life choices are already behind her.

THE DIRECTOR: JOACHIM TRIER

Joachim Trier (b. 1974) is an internationally celebrated director and screenwriter. His critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films, all co-written with Eskil Vogt, have been invited to and won awards at the most prestigious international film festivals.

His debut Reprise received the 2007 Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Film, Best Director and Best Script, released in the US and was the Norwegian Oscar candidate. Oslo, August 31st was selected for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes FF in 2011 and nominated for the César for Best Foreign Film 2013 after reaching almost 200 000 admissions in theatres in France. Louder Than Bombs was his English language film debut and premiered in main competition at Cannes. Thelma collected several internationally acclaimed prizes. The Other Munch (2018), the documentary he co-directed with his brother Emil, had its international premiere at The Lincoln Center in New York. The Worst Person In The World is his fifth feature. Ha vinto due volte l’Ulivo d’Oro a Lecce per Reprise e Oslo, August 31st.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

“This film deals with how relationships mirror our existential expectations of life. In our culture, we are brought up to expect love to be the place where we fulfill ourselves, and the same with our careers.

This film is a character piece about Julie; I did not want to make a general statement about what it means to be a woman today, that would be impossible. The fact of her being a woman eventually comes in to play by itself: through truthful situations, humor, satire, and different things that I have experienced, seen or imagined. I don’t have so much control when I write, my co-writer Eskil Vogt and I try to find interesting ideas to explore truthfully. The great thing about art is that it doesn’t have to be an analysis or sociological study: it can hopefully be a truth about one person, and out of that, there may be something bigger to think about.”

FILMOGRAPHY

2000 Pietà (short)

2001 Still (short)

2002 Procter (short)

2005 Reprise

2011 Oslo 31. August (Oslo, August 31st)

2015 Louder Than Bombs

2017 Thelma

2018 Den Andre Munch (The Other Munch, doc)

2021 Verdens Verste Menneske (The Worst Person in the World)

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

2021 Cannes FF –  International Competition: Miglior Attrice

2021 Jerusalem Film Festival – International Cinema

2021 Int. Cinematographers’ FF Manaki Brothers: Silver Camera 300 to Kasper Tuxen

2021 Ghent IFF –  International Competition

2021 Montclair FF – Narrative Feature Competition 

2021 Valladolid IFF –  International Competition