Oslo, August 31st
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Oslo, August 31st (Norwegian: Oslo, 31. august) is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with Reprise (2006) and The Worst Person in the World (2021), in Trier's Oslo trilogy.[1] The film is a homage to, and loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel Will O' the Wisp (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film The Fire Within (1963).[2]
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Norwegian | Oslo, 31. august |
Directed by | Joachim Trier |
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Based on | Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle |
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Cinematography | Jakob Ihre |
Edited by | Olivier Bugge Coutté |
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Distributed by | Nordisk Film Distribusjon |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Film and Best Cinematography awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival (SIFF). It received widespread critical acclaim, and was one of three films on the Norwegian shortlist for submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.[3]