Oslo, August 31st

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2011

1h 34m

Norwegian

Drama

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One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

Oslo, August 31st

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2011

1h 34m

Norwegian

Drama

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One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

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Cast

Anders

Malin

Thomas

Rebecca

Tove

David

Terapeut

Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal

Mirjam

Renate Reinsve

Renate

Anders Borchgrevink

Øystein

Petter Width Kristiansen

Petter

Johanne Kjellevik Ledang

Johanne

Iselin Steiro

Iselin

Elin Gunnarsdotter Sandvik

Folio-ansatt

Directed By: Joachim Trier

Written By: Eskil Vogt (Screenplay), Joachim Trier (Screenplay), + 1 more

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robot2xl says...

13 years ago

"Oslo, August 31st" is quietly, profoundly, one of the most observant and sympathetic films I've seen. Director Joachim Trier and actor Anders Danielsen Lie, working together for the second time, understand something fundamental about their character. He believes the ship has sailed without him. He screwed up. He lost years in addiction and recovery. Life has moved on. His old friends like Thomas have stayed on board the ship, and Anders feels adrift. Even the much-loved city that surrounds him is an affront, a reminder of the days not lived, the experiences missed. How can he begin again? Above all, Anders is angry with himself and in despair, although he's so inward as he tries to conceal that.

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smallclone says...

7 years ago

Joachim Trier manages to capture a hauntingly real, melancholic look at a day in the life of an addict. It's a superb film. Echoes of' Lilyah-4-ever' and 'Heaven knows what'. The hopelessness of Anders' character flaws are really conveyed brilliantly by Trier. It's fairly bleak but has real staying power.

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paranoidfreud says...

2 years ago

This film is a great example of how pain can be portrayed while still being able to show the humanity behind that emotion. Hats off to Trier! This is top-notch directing.

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Jomicorreia says...

2 months ago

Oslo, August 31st A final farewell. Small moments of hope that linger in the mind

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CatyAlexandre

8/10 10 years ago

Oslo, 31 August is a 2011 Norwegian film directed by Joachim Trier. Very simple, yet very intense and moving.

Anders is a smart guy, he had a stable life, a happy family, a girlfriend who loved him, but let himself go into the terrible world of drugs. Began to consume various kinds of drugs and sta More

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Jordyep

6/10 one year ago

This movie's good at sadness and it pulls off some incredibly raw emotion at the very end, which is also why I think a lot of people are overrating this as a whole. As a character study, I think it's just fine. It doesn't do anything I find particularly mindblowing or deep. The character, acting and More

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CinemaSerf

3 weeks ago

Anders Danielsen Lie offers a really quite intense performance here as the recovering drug addict "Anders". His physicians think he's sufficiently improved to be able to spend a day, unsupervised, in Oslo, with family and friends and to have an interview for a job. Initially it all goes well. He dro More

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