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

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.

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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)

Trailer

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