Julie (Renate Reinsve) can’t decide what she wants or who she wants to be. She studies to be a medical doctor, but then switches her studies to psychology, then decides she's more interested in the visual and begins taking a photography course. While taking portraits, she falls in love with an older man, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), who is a successful graphic novelist. But as she approaches thirty, working in a bookstore, she realizes her talents have gone to waste, while Aksel wants them to have a baby.
One night, after gate-crashing a house party, she meets the young and charming Eivind (Herbert Nordrum). Before long, she has broken up with Aksel and thrown herself into yet another new relationship, hoping that it will give her a new perspective on her life.
“A truthful, tender masterpiece about how coming of age has no age-limit — love, for others and for ourselves, is what makes every risk and loss worthwhile.” - Ella Kemp, Empire Magazine
“Blending melancholy wistfulness with unruly energy and piercing humour, it’s a down-to-earth tale of love and death, boosted by a brilliantly believable central performance and elevated by fantastical moments of…ecstatic joy.” - Mark Kermode, Observer (UK)
Director: Joachim Trier / Cast: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum / Country: Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark / Length: 2h 7 mins / Language: Norwegian / Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Rating: 14A
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Watch the trailer at https://youtu.be/55M5ZgAqbWo.
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Monday Cinema is presented by Trail and District Arts Council and screens at The Royal Theatre, 1597 Bay Avenue, Trail. The series is part of the Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit and proudly supported by Wellington Altus Private Wealth Management and MP Wealth Advisory.
All films begin at 4:00 pm.
Tickets $12 at thebailey.ca or call the Box Office Monday to Friday from 12-4 pm.
Only 143 tickets available for this screening.
If tickets are available, they will go on sale at the venue 30 minutes before the screening.
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to show time.
Upcoming films in the series are:
Peace by Chocolate: November 14 - Based on the inspirational true story of a family’s journey from Syria to Canada. The film follows the newly settled Hadhad family’s efforts to establish an artisanal chocolate shop in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and how they rebuilt their chocolate business into a symbol for international peace and hope, as their son is caught between his dream to become a doctor and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy.
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Run Woman Run: November 28 - Beck lives on the Six Nations reserve in Ontario. After falling into a diabetic coma, she is visited by the spirit of Indigenous running legend Tom Longboat, who helps her to change her lifestyle and becomes her wise-cracking new life coach and personal trainer. Funny and touching, Beck’s journey from grief to triumph sees her face her mother’s death, and reconnect with her heritage.
Scarborough: December 5 - Over the course of one school year three kids growing up in a low-income neighbourhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place as they experience institutional violence and inequality. An unflinching but hopeful drama that shows the capacity for great triumph and great tragedy in this adaptation of the breathtaking novel by Catherine Hernandez.
Ali & Ava: December 12 - Using great music and infused with humour, Ali & Ava is a compelling contemporary romance that explores the developing relationship between the good natured and eccentric Ali and Ava, an Irish-born teacher and single mother of five. Both lonely for different reasons, they bond through their love of music, and find warmth, kindness, and humour with each other.