Anders is only 34 years old this year. He is a man of good looks and bright mind. With good family conditions, he was a little dull son, wasted a lot of opportunities and missed a lot of opportunities. In the end, it was he himself who fell to the land he is today.
Time gradually passed, entered midnight, and August was about to pass. Those memories from the past once again invaded Shang Anders' heart, making him both painful and helpless. Possibly, with the dawn of dawn and the end of August in Oslo, a new life will follow.
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The filming of this film is very meticulous, and all the details show the characteristics and character of the city of Oslo. I really hope to see more films with such a personality on the screen that are different from ordinary European films. ——Hollywood Reporter
Although it also tells a nightly story, although it is also a chatty movie, this film is still very different from "Before Sunrise". In terms of texture and theme, it is closer to French movies. ——Indiewire.com.
Behind the scenes production
Norwegian director Joachim Trier's second work "Oslo, 31. august" (Oslo, 31. august) was shortlisted for the "A Kind of Concern" section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. 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 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 was listed 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 the novel by French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle "Inner Fire" was previously filmed by Louis Mahler into the 1963 film "Wraith Fire". 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 shortlisted for the Cannes 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 Till said: "Anders is two years older in this role. 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, I look forward to it. A glorious future is impossible, so he began to experience disillusionment and pain. Personally, it is very difficult to compare the two films, because both films come from my personal views on life. And the protagonist of the film has too many similarities with myself, 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, A good life means the 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 my heart is not at all peaceful."
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 Tiel said: "I have been influenced by French films since I was a child. From Renoir's poetry films to New Wave Godard, I am a fan of them. This film Mainly speaking, but in the protagonist’s travels, I want to show the character of the city of Oslo. Therefore, the early films that Rohmer filmed on the streets of Paris, France became my reference. Moreover, the influence of the new wave on me It’s huge, so 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."
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