‘Worst Person in The World’ Director Joachim Trier: ‘I Didn’t Want to Make a General Statement About What It Means to Be a Woman Today’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn a new series, Variety catches up with the directors of films shortlisted for the International Feature Film Oscar to discuss their road to the awards, what they’ve learned so far, and what’s taken them off guard. “The Worst Person in The World” competed at Cannes where it was acquired by Neon for domestic rights and earned its star Renate Reinsve a best actress award.
The critically lauded romantic drama rounds out Trier’s Oslo Trilogy, which began with “Reprise” in 2006 and continued with “Oslo, August 31st” in 2011.
In the film, Trier revisit Norway’s capital to chronicle four years in the life of Julie (Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find a career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is. What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar? Of course it makes us very happy!
The film is being released in the U.S. on Feb. 4 so this is another great thing for the film.What’s been the most challenging aspect of your campaign thus far?I would say the COVID surge and not being able to do as many in-person screenings as we had hoped.Although you are shortlisted in the international feature category, the best picture category has been devoid of non-English language features. “Parasite” (2019) was the first winner in history.
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