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A young woman in Oslo navigates changing ambitions, relationships, and ideas about adulthood.

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Over twelve chapters, Julie moves among medicine, psychology, photography, writing, and relationships in Oslo. Her long partnership with older cartoonist Aksel and sudden attraction to Eivind sharpen questions about vocation, commitment, time, and the selves she might become.

Why it belongs

The Worst Person in the World makes indecision formally alive through chaptering, fantasy pauses, Oslo movement, and Renate Reinsve's quicksilver intelligence.

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Renate Reinsve keeps Julie charming, searching, selfish, and vulnerable without reducing her to a lesson. Freeze-frame fantasy, voice-over, changing seasons, city streets, abrupt ellipses, and tonal shifts let time feel both open and irreversible.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Cannes1 win2021 · official festival record ↗
Award for Best Actress2021 · Renate REINSVEofficial festival record ↗

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness8.8
Engagement9.1
Ease8.8

Norwegian · R
Narrative Feature
Mood: Witty & Reflective