Norwegian director Joachim Trier's second work "Oslo, 31. august" (Oslo, 31. august) was shortlisted for the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival "A Concern". In his debut work " Ensemble ", the beginning is that two friends put their own works into the mailbox, one of them was accepted-and then the lives of the two have undergone tremendous changes. The film won the 2006 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 's Best Director, the Toronto Film Festival Discovery Award, and was selected as one of the top ten new directors of Variety Magazine. After being released in North America in 2008, it appeared on the list of the best film of the year by well-known film critics. So far, Joachim Trier (born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974, he is a distant relative of Lars von Trier)'s new work is highly anticipated. In fact, the story of "Oslo, Before August" is the young writer played by Anders Danielson Lee in "Ensemble" searching for the meaning of life in 24 hours, adapted from a novel by French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle "Inner Fire" was previously filmed by Louis Mahler into the 1963 film " Hitodama ". Upon learning that he was shortlisted for Cannes, Joachim Trier happily stated that his grandfather Erik Lochen's "The Rider" directed by Erik Lochen in 1959 had also been nominated for the Cannes International Film Festival .
The protagonist of this film is called Anders, and this role is the same person as Anders in the director's debut "Ensemble". It's just a change of environment and age. Joachim Trier said: "The role of Anders is two years older. In this movie, he is a questioner, asking questions about the purpose of life and the meaning of life. Because at the age of 34, he is looking forward to what glorious future is. It’s impossible, so he began to experience disillusionment and pain. Personally, it is very difficult to compare the two films, because both films are derived from my personal experience of life, and the film The protagonist and I have too many similarities, so I can only say that these are my two films from different periods. Someone told me that life in Norway is very good now. Then they would say that a good life means a good life. There is a lack of good life experiences and good stories. I feel very helpless, because there is no outside troubles, and conflicts can be found in people's hearts. Even the middle class in Norway, their lives and hearts are not at all Not calm."
The film "Oslo, Before August" has a strong French flavor. If the dialogue language is not Norwegian, many people will think this is a French film. The film is mainly affixed with lines, and the plot is not the main content of the film. Regarding this style, director Joachim Trier said: "I have been influenced by French films since I was a child. From Renoir's poetry films to the New Wave Godard, I am a fan of them. This film mainly offers lines. , But in the protagonist’s travels, I want to show the character of the city of Oslo. Therefore, the early films that Rohmer shot on the streets of Paris, France became my reference. Moreover, the new wave has a huge impact on me, so I will I like to let actors perform roles that fit their own personalities, and continuously show the changes of the same role and different living conditions in different movies."
