The film The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier was released in Canada on February 11. Presented as a world premiere and in official competition at the last Cannes Film Festival, where actress Renate Reinsve was awarded the prestigious Best Actress Award for her performance, the film is still in the running to represent Norway in the race. for the Oscar for Best International Film.
Julie, soon to be 30, cannot settle down in life. While she thinks she has found some stability with Aksel, 45, a best-selling author, she meets the young and attractive Eivind.
With The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier brings to the big screen a modern romantic comedy. Through the character of Julie, the filmmaker paints the portrait of a generation in search of meaning, at an age rarely shown on screen. The filmmaker, whose second selection in official competition at Cannes after Louder than Bombs (2015), thus closes his existential trilogy taking place in the heart of the city of Oslo, which began in 2006 with Reprise and Oslo, 31 August in 2011.
Distributed in Canada by MK2 | MILE END, The Worst Person in the World was released in Montreal on February 11 in the original version with French subtitles and in the original version with English subtitles, then to be released in Quebec City and Sherbrooke on February 18 in the original version with subtitles French.