THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

For a little while now, English-speaking countries have let the occasional non-English speaking film slip through, and they've fallen in love. It was an Italian man shielding the horrors of life from his young son in a concentration camp. An unexpected man becoming the perfect companion and carer to a wheelchair-bound French aristocrat who'd given up on life. A Swedish family vacationing in the Alps when an avalanche tests a marriage. A group of friends from Denmark experimenting with the effects of alcohol on their productivity. Or a South Korean family attempting to fake it until they make it with horrific results. Now it's Norway's turn. After Cannes embraced 'The Worst Person In The World' ('Verdens verste menneske'), a new star in Renate Reinsve is born, and a new powerhouse in filmmaking is finally discovered. Now, only time will tell if the Academy will do the same (surely!).

Julie (Reinsve) has passions. Many of them. She's also incredibly smart and driven - but towards what, she's not sure. Over the course of four years, she tries her hand at several career options and many varied lovers until she finds herself in a long-term relationship with graphic novelist Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie) while she spends her days working in a book store wondering what to do next. Then, a chance encounter with Elvind (Herbert Nordrum) changes everything. She's in a great relationship, but is it the right relationship? She's a great writer with fantastic thoughts, ideas and opinions with a unique way of expressing herself, but is that her future? Navigating life is hard. Navigating life in your 20s is harder. Societally, you're allowed to take time to find yourself yet people also expect you to get married, have babies, settle down and start to forge a solid path forward for yourself. But does it make you a bad person if you struggle with these things and choose to gamble and make mistakes along the way to finding out?