If you are in the middle of an existential crisis and you need a film to cheer you up or support you in your questions, Netflix has just added the perfect feature film to its catalog for that.
It is one of the best films presented during the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 and it has received numerous awards, such as the Lumière prize for Best International Co-production, the Goya for Best European Film and especially the Prix of female interpretation for its main actress in Cannes.
The revelation of a raw talent from Norway
The year when Julia Ducournau’s Titane won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, another film shook up the Croisette: Julie (in 12 chapters) by Joachim Trier. With this feature film, the famous Norwegian filmmaker completes his Oslo trilogy, after New Deal (Reprise) and Oslo, August 31.
With Julie (in 12 chapters), Joachim Trier and his co-writer Eskil Vogt paint the portrait of a woman of her time in the midst of an existential crisis and summon a whirlwind of authentic and accurate emotions that do as much good as they do harm.
The film tells the professional and emotional tribulations of Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young thirty-something Norwegian living in Oslo, full of resources, but who is still finding her way. Assailed by questions and doubts about her future, Julie decides to end her relationship with Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), a loving and protective successful cartoonist.
She then begins a new relationship with Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), hoping to start a new life. But bad choices, a strong desire for freedom and a spirit of contradiction will upset Julie’s plans.
The film is divided into several parts, namely the prologue, 12 chapters and an epilogue, which gradually shows the evolution of the heroine over several years through significant events and situations in her life.
Actress Renate Reinsve is a true revelation in this gem of writing and direction by Joachim Trier. She dazzles this chronicle of life and serves as a universal figure for an entire generation in search of love and fulfillment.
His interpretation won him a prize at Cannes and opened doors for other international projects to be seen soon such as The Convocation by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel and Another End by Piero Messina with Gael García Bernal and Bérénice Bejo, but also the series Presumed Innocent with Jake Gyllenhaal and Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man with Sebastian Stan.
While waiting to discover Renate Reinsve’s next projects, we advise you to (re)see her in Julie (in 12 chapters), an epic and masterful film from which we emerge with a bittersweet feeling, a tear in our eyes and smile from ear to ear.
The film “Julie (in 12 chapters)” is available on Netflix.
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