Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers.
Direction
Trier's freeze-frame what-ifs are devastatingly playful.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how smart people sound stupid in love.
Acting
Anders Danielsen Lie's spiral is uncomfortably intimate.
Director
Joachim Trier
Anders Danielsen Lie
Philipp
Espen Klouman Høiner
Erik
Viktoria Winge
Kari
Christian Rubeck
Lars
Henrik Elvestad
Henning
Odd-Magnus Williamson
Morten
Pål Stokka
Geir
Henrik Mestad
Jan
Thorbjørn Harr
Mathis Wergeland
Rebekka Karijord
Johanne
Sigmund Sæverud
Sten Egil Dahl
Tone Danielsen
Inger
Elisabeth Sand
Hanne
Eindride Eidsvold
Narrator (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Trier shot the freeze-frame sequences in one day with the actors improvising their alternate futures.
This kicked off the 'Oslo trilogy' and made Trier the face of a new Nordic wave — less noir, more feelings.
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