Show begins at 8:50
“I always thought that happy people must be morons,” observes Anders, a recovering drug addict on day leave from rehab, in this nuanced character study by the maker of Reprise (SFIFF 2007). Opening with a montage of home movies and snippets of city life over which unseen voices reminisce about lost childhood, writer-director Joachim Trier guides actors and viewers alike through a series of finely rendered set pieces. Loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s 1931 novel, Le feu follet, previously adapted by Louis Malle in 1963 as The Fire Within, Trier’s portrait of addiction is both intoxicating and sobering. Steven Jenkins
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier. Photographed by Jakob Ihre. With Anders Danielsen Lie, Malin Crépin, Aksel M. Thanke, Hans Olav Brenner. (96 mins)
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