Renate Reinsve as Julie, in writer/director Joachim's impressive dramedy, The Worst Person in the World, won best actress at Cannes in one of the smartest coming-of-age romantic comedies ever. Yes, and that includes Greta Gerwig or for a different take, Nora Ephron.
Regardless of my allusions and illusions, just enjoy one of the best performances of the year, as she deftly plays the vagaries of a 20-something trying to fall in love and consider career choices that make sense for a heroine who has interest in medicine, psychology, and photography. An early fantasy scene where the world stops and she can do what she wants without consequences best expresses the Gen-Y hope of an uncomplicated life.
She's unusually talented but held back by difficult choices and relatives like a drunken, estranged dad. In her ever-changing love life, she does time with a successful graphic artist, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), and Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), whose notions about having a child help shape her future as a potential mother. The boys represent the challenges of any youngster with talent and not a clue where to go with it.
More than the themes which writers Trier and Eskil Vogt offer in spare, Nordic style, is the emerging character of Millennial Julie, approaching 30, whose mother can only suffer ineffectually about Julie's abrupt career changes (Julie started out as a highly-ranked med student after all). As she begins to make a career of photography, she figuratively sees her life more sharply and contends with sticky decisions about having a baby and the like.
The Worst Person in the World is one of the best dramedies this year and a fresh addition to that well-worn genre. In other words, she is not the worst person in the world nor are you for indulging your romantic urges.
Regardless of my allusions and illusions, just enjoy one of the best performances of the year, as she deftly plays the vagaries of a 20-something trying to fall in love and consider career choices that make sense for a heroine who has interest in medicine, psychology, and photography. An early fantasy scene where the world stops and she can do what she wants without consequences best expresses the Gen-Y hope of an uncomplicated life.
She's unusually talented but held back by difficult choices and relatives like a drunken, estranged dad. In her ever-changing love life, she does time with a successful graphic artist, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), and Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), whose notions about having a child help shape her future as a potential mother. The boys represent the challenges of any youngster with talent and not a clue where to go with it.
More than the themes which writers Trier and Eskil Vogt offer in spare, Nordic style, is the emerging character of Millennial Julie, approaching 30, whose mother can only suffer ineffectually about Julie's abrupt career changes (Julie started out as a highly-ranked med student after all). As she begins to make a career of photography, she figuratively sees her life more sharply and contends with sticky decisions about having a baby and the like.
The Worst Person in the World is one of the best dramedies this year and a fresh addition to that well-worn genre. In other words, she is not the worst person in the world nor are you for indulging your romantic urges.