Oslo, August 31st (2011)
- Original title
- Oslo, 31. august
- Directed by
- Joachim Trier
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Norway
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 518 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man in his thirties gets a day of leave from a rehabilitation center. He visits friends and family in Oslo, struggling with his past and uncertain about his future.
contemplativemelancholicslow-burnintimatebleakreflectiveunderstatedpoignant
What happens
Oslo, August 31st (Norwegian: Oslo, 31. august) is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with Reprise (2006) and The Worst Person in the World (2021), in Trier's Oslo trilogy. The film is a homage to, and loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel Will O' the Wisp (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film The Fire Within (1963). The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Film and Best Cinematography awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival (SIFF). It received widespread critical acclaim, and was one of three films on the Norwegian shortlist for submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film's title references the International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual event to raise awareness, held on August 31st. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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