Oslo, August 31st
Oslo, August 31st
Anders will soon complete his drug rehabilitation in the countryside. As part of the program, he is allowed to go into the city for a job interview. But he takes advantage of the leave and stays on in the city, drifting around, meeting people he hasn't seen in a long while ... For the remainder of the day and long into the night, the ghosts of past mistakes will wrestle with the chance of love, the possibility of a new life and the hope to see some future by morning.
3.7 out of 5 based on 11 reviews
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Omniscore:
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Certificate |
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Genre |
Drama |
Director |
Joachim Trier |
Cast |
Anders Borchgrevink, Andreas Braaten, Hans Olav Brenner Anders Danielsen Lie |
Studio |
Soda Pictures |
Release Date |
November 2011 |
Running Time |
95 mins |
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Anders will soon complete his drug rehabilitation in the countryside. As part of the program, he is allowed to go into the city for a job interview. But he takes advantage of the leave and stays on in the city, drifting around, meeting people he hasn't seen in a long while ... For the remainder of the day and long into the night, the ghosts of past mistakes will wrestle with the chance of love, the possibility of a new life and the hope to see some future by morning.
Reviews
The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“A very rewarding and worthwhile film.”
03/11/2011
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
“A day in the life of a 34-year-old recovering drug addict might sound rebarbative, but under Joachim Trier's fluid and sympathetic direction it achieves something quite moving. ”
03/11/2011
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The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey
“Trier’s film takes us to some desperate places, but it earns that despair with clear eyes.”
03/11/2011
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Time Out
Dave Calhoun
“This feels totally fresh and modern in its concerns. It’s also devastating. ”
01/11/2011
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The Times
Kate Muir
“Scandinavian nihilism at its best. ”
04/11/2011
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Empire Magazine
Damon Wise
“It’s fair to say that all does not go smoothly, but Trier deftly avoids melodrama and Lie invests what could have been an unsympathetic role with humanity, humour and dignity.”
31/10/2011
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The Evening Standard
Derek Malcolm
“It will not be most people's idea of a feelgood evening in the cinema. However, it has such a great performance at its centre and is so well-made that it's worth the bleakness.”
04/11/2011
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The Sunday Times
Jonathan Dean
“The director, Joachim Trier, could reteach his relative Lars something about the power of subtle film-making.
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06/11/2011
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The Financial Times
Nigel Andrews
“The fictions of Oslo, August 31st – its picture of estranged sensibilities – feel at times like a subtle, prophetic warning of the real horror events that happened in Norway on July 24 2011. ”
03/11/2011
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Total Film
Philip Kemp
“Patience is needed: the film follows its hero's own disaffected pace, and you see the ending coming a long way off.”
02/11/2011
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The Observer
Philip French
“It's a cold, detached, very Scandinavian film.
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06/11/2011
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