"Thelma": Norway's official submission for the Academy Awards at the 23rd Athens International Film Festival
De Palma' s “Carrie” meets Dreyer' s “Day of Wrath” in the most daring film by one of the most interesting European directors responsible for the award winning “Oslo, August 31st ” and “Reprise”.
Thelma leaves provincial town she lives in and her strict family to study in Oslo, where she finds love in the face of a girl, a fellow student. But the enthusiasm and excitement she experiences for the first time are overshadowed by her struggle with her supernatural powers.
Returning to familiar grounds, after his first English-speaking venture (“Louder than Bombs”), Norwegian director Joachim Trier gives us the most daring of his films that have already attracted worldwide interest. His multi-awarded films include “Oslo, 31 August” and “Reprise”. In “Thelma”, De Palma’s “Carrie” meets Dreyer’s “Day of Wrath” and logic struggles with the supernatural in a conflict that leaves the heroes in a vast grey zone of motives and feelings.
"Thelma" can be seen at 28/9 (22:30, Ideal) and is part of the 23rd Athens International Film Festival's section "Festival Darlings"
