Joachim Trier is the Norwegian director who gave us the riveting telekinesis thriller Thelma (2017) and the sometimes shocking drug-addiction drama Oslo, August 31st (2011). 

This time his is giving us even more. Swept up in a wave of youthful possibility, a whip-smart medical student named Julie (Renate Reinsve) pivots wildly between careers. First, she abandons medicine for psychology, then psychology for photography. With unlimited passions and unwavering parental support, Julie throws herself between professions, romantic partners, and social scenes. She is noncommittal and uncertain of everything except her unwavering commitment to herself. Though, that too seems to shift and twist on a day-to-day basis.

The reason why this is more than your average coming of age meets romcom meets drama flic ist leading actress Renate Reinste and the magical screen play.

This is a movie for anyone who hasn’t really figured our life yet. And if we are really honest; that’s probably all of us. What a gem of a movie that was screening at the Zurich Film Festival. This is why we live for things like this.