The Worst Person in the World

Film details

Film TitleThe Worst Person in the World
Suitability
Genre
Length128mins
Year2021
CountryNorway, France, Sweden, Denmark
DirectorJoachim Trier
ActorsRenate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo
LanguageNorwegian
AKAVerdens verste menneske
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The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

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The Worst Person in the World is a comedy, not a drama. But it’s ruthless in the way the best comedies can be.

The film may be the prime example of how to restore fun, significance, and even a little bit of sex to the well-worn terrain of the romantic comedy.

Any film that can combine questions of mortality with funny, fully alive scenes of sex, social awkwardness, professional screw-ups and throwaway fun is a rich one. Its brilliant, full-on performance from Reinsve deserves to be celebrated far and wide.

Trier has taken on one of the most difficult genres imaginable, the romantic drama, and combined it with another very tricky style – the coming-of-ager – to craft something gloriously sweet and beguiling.