

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
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.