Longs métrages européens Competition 2012

Oslo, August 31st

Oslo, 31 août

Joachim Trier

Norway

2011 Fiction 1h35

Anders is finishing a period in a detox clinic. In town one day for a job interview he gets back in touch with his family and friends that he has lost sight of. This leads to an inner struggle begins between a deep feeling of waste, hope for a good evening and perhaps a new beginning...Freely adapted from the short novel "Le feu follet" by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (Gallimard, 1931)

With : Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava
Screenplay : Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Image : Jakob Ihre
Sound : Adrew Windtwood
Editing : Olivier Bugge Coutté

Production : Motlys, Sagveien 18, 04569 Oslo, Norvège
Tel : +47 22 80 83 / motlys@motlys.com
Distribution: Memento Films, 9 cité Paradis, 75 010 Paris, France
Contact : Tel : + 33 1 53 34 90 20 / sales@memento-films.com

Joachim Trier, was born in Copenhagn in 1974 nd grew up in a family of filmmakers. After graduating from the National Film and Television School in London he went to the European Film College in Denmark. Between 1999 and 2002 he made several shorts, three of which, Pieta (2000), Still (2000) and Procter (2002), were selected for and won awards in more than 30 international festivals. His first feature, Reprise (2006), was selected in competition at the Festival Premiers Plans 2007. Oslo, August 31st is his second feature."I wanted to explore how to create a story that focuses on the emotional, and almost physical, experience of an existential crisis. "I'm lost. How do I move forward?" So Oslo, August 31st is about the state of being lost and that particular loneliness that accompanies it. Cinema is a wonderful art form for talking about loneliness. We can experience films together with other people. It can be a collective experience of loneliness. We're alone in the dark of the theatre, but with other people."