Oslo, August 31
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Oslo, August 31 |
| Original title | Oslo, August 31 |
| Country of production | Norway |
| original language | Norwegian |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joachim Trier |
| script | Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt |
| production |
Hans-Jørgen Osnes , Yngve Sæther |
| music |
Torgny Amdam , Ola Fløttum |
| camera | Jacob yours |
| cut | Olivier Bugge Coutté |
| occupation | |
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Oslo, August 31 is a Norwegian drama directed by Joachim Trier from 2011 .
action
Anders is 34 years old and will end his rehab in two weeks. He has not had alcohol or drugs in ten months. Since 2005 he has been addicted to heroin , used ecstasy and dealt. He ran into huge debts. Now he is considered clean, but is severely depressed. He doesn't know why he should still be alive and tries to drown himself in the lake not far from the rehab clinic, but fails.
Some time later he was allowed to leave the clinic for the first time, as he wanted to audition for the position of an editorial assistant at a magazine in Oslo . Anders first seeks out his friend Thomas in Oslo, who lives with his wife and their two children. Anders admires the seemingly sedentary life of the literary professor and suggests his suicide. Thomas wants to dissuade him, but can give Anders no real reason other than generalities, except that it would affect him himself. However, Thomas makes it clear to Anders that his life is not perfect either, as the children brought about the end of his love life with his wife. He invites him to the birthday party of their mutual friend Mirjam. Thomas suggests that Anders 'ex-girlfriend Iselin suffered greatly from the breakup and the decline of Anders'. Anders goes to the interview, but tries to reach Iselin, who lives abroad, by phone. He tells her on the mailbox that she should call back urgently.
When interviewing editor-in-chief David, Anders made a good impression at first, but stated in response to the gap in his résumé since 2005 that he was a drug addict during that time and that he also dealt. When David tactfully tries to save the situation, Anders breaks off the interview and leaves. He visits a café where he listens to people's conversations and later wants to meet his sister Nina, but only her friend Rebecca appears. Nina doesn't want to see him, but lets Anders hand over the keys to her parents' house. They're just moving out; one of the reasons they are selling the house is because Anders has accumulated large debts in recent years. Anders goes to the party of Mirjam and her friend Calle in the evening, where he hopes to meet Thomas again. He starts drinking alcohol. He secretly steals money from the guests' belongings and goes to a dealer from whom he buys a gram of heroin. Then he goes to a bar with Calle and two women and later to a disco. He tells Iselin on the tape that he can imagine a future with her if she wants to.
The new day begins, it is August 31st. While Calle and the women are swimming in a deserted outdoor pool, Anders sets out alone. He goes to his parents' house, where the packed boxes are, but no one else is. He tries in vain to contact Iselin, but confesses to her on the mailbox that he didn't mean his previous calls seriously. He plays the out of tune piano until it falters. Then he injects the heroin and sinks back. After a short time he stops breathing.
production
Oslo, August 31st is loosely based on Pierre Drieu la Rochelle's 1931 novel Le feu follet , which was made into a film by Louis Malle in 1963 under the title The Irrlicht . Oslo, August 31 was filmed on location in Oslo; at the beginning the demolition of the Philips building in Oslo on April 30, 2000 can be seen.
The film premiered on May 18, 2011 as part of the Un certain regard series at the Cannes International Film Festival and opened in Norwegian cinemas on August 31, 2011. It was released in Swiss cinemas on April 19, 2012 and was also shown in German cinemas from April 4, 2013. It was shown at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and 2012 at the Sundance Film Festival .
criticism
For film-dienst , Oslo, August 31, was a “radical, oppressive study of agony and fatalism, which is essentially a melancholy film about the transience of youth in times of prolonged adolescence.” Cinema called the film “one in terms of content and form captivating study of existential being lost ”, while Der Spiegel described it as a“ great cinematic analysis of the present ”, which shows“ the lies of an entire generation ”.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung stated that the film “ultimately leaves the viewer as perplexed as Anders's friends and acquaintances should be. The insistence with which Joachim Trier calls up existential registers of narrative cinema does not allow either / or, but only a shivering persistence in the face of negativity. ”The Frankfurter Rundschau summarized the film:
“'Oslo, August 31st' balances highly condensed and stylistically clear between speechlessness and language, people portraits and urban landscapes. It's a silent film without indignation, without tearfulness. A friendly film without hope, a bright film about despair. "
Awards
At the Chicago International Film Festival , Oslo, August 31st, was nominated for a Gold Hugo. In the same year he won the award for the best camera and the bronze horse (Bronsehesten) for best film at the Stockholm International Film Festival . The film won the Norwegian Amanda Prize in the categories Årets regi (best director, Joachim Trier) and Årets klipp (best editing, Olivier Bugge Coutté). He was also nominated for four other Amandas.
Oslo, August 31, 2012 was nominated for a Bodil for Best Non-American Film. In 2013, he ran for a César in the Best Foreign Film category . He was also nominated for a Chlotrudis Award in the Best Discovery category.
Web links
- Oslo, August 31 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oslo, August 31. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Jörg Schöning: Suizid-Drama "Oslo, August 31": The boy without characteristics . spiegel.de, April 5, 2013.
- ↑ Bert Rebhandl: Who says existentialism is history? . faz.net, April 3, 2013.
- ↑ Jan Brachmann: Happiness knows no reason . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , April 3, 2013.