There's a thing that independent cinema can do so right and that's show the beauty and the strife of ordinary life. No fancy camera tricks, no special effects, just the agony and the ecstasy of a person filling the frame.
Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st hits this out of the park. The film is about a recovering drug addict named Anders who is ten months into rehab and struggling with slowly reintegrating into life. On August 30th he gets a day pass away from his treatment centre to go out for a job interview and on the way meets people from his past who show us glimpses of who he once was and who he is now.
There aren't any major showy lines in the movie and though there are moments of beauty (Trier is very loving in his depiction of Oslo) this character study is quiet, slow- moving and incredibly touching.
A compassionate look at addiction and depression and a must see.
Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st hits this out of the park. The film is about a recovering drug addict named Anders who is ten months into rehab and struggling with slowly reintegrating into life. On August 30th he gets a day pass away from his treatment centre to go out for a job interview and on the way meets people from his past who show us glimpses of who he once was and who he is now.
There aren't any major showy lines in the movie and though there are moments of beauty (Trier is very loving in his depiction of Oslo) this character study is quiet, slow- moving and incredibly touching.
A compassionate look at addiction and depression and a must see.