This will be the third time Joachim Trier participates with a film in Cannes. He has previously participated in the section Un certain regard in 2011 with Oslo, August 31st and in the main competition with the English-language Louder Than Bombs in 2015. Only nine Norwegian feature films have been selected for the main competition since the festival began in 1946.

“Cannes is without comparison the most important film festival of them all, and the Palme d’Or is the most prestigious award a filmmaker can receive. The fact that Joachim Trier is back in Cannes with film for the third time, and again in the main competition, shows the strong position he has as a filmmaker - and that he has once again made a very good film that has reached through the narrowest eye of the needle”, says Kjersti Moe, director of the Norwegian Film Institute.

The Worst Person in the World will be the first Norwegian-language film in the main competition since Next of Kin from Anja Breien, who participated in 1979. Director Erik Løchen, who is the grandfather of Joachim Trier, participated with The Chasers in 1960.

The leading roles in The Worst Person in the World are played by Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum.

“I am of course very happy about this, and I am very grateful for the fantastic team that has worked with me on this film. We are really looking forward to having a world premiere for an international audience in the main competition. Renate Reinsve plays her first leading role and I think her performance has a lot to say for why the film was chosen”, says Joachim Trier, director.

“It is absolutely fantastic that The Worst Person in the World has been included in the main program in Cannes. I am so proud and grateful to be a part of this film, it has become so fun and beautiful, and it has been such an exclusively good and inspiring process, it is therefore exciting that it has reached so far. Joachim makes everyone around him better, this is so well deserved!”, says Renate Reinsve, leading actress.

About the film
Julie (Renate Reinsve) is almost 30 years old, she has many talents, but few results and feels more and more like a supporting role in her own life. Her boyfriend, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie) - a little older, and a successful cartoonist - wants them to start a family, but Julie holds back. One night she sneaks into a party where she meets a young and charming guy. Soon she has left Aksel and thrown herself into another relationship. Julie fights to keep all the doors open, but soon finds out that some life choices are already behind her.

The Worst Person in the World is a drama comedy about love in our time. About having every opportunity in life, but still feeling like the worst person in the world.

The script is written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier himself.

About Joachim Trier
Director and screenwriter Joachim Trier is one of Norway's most recognized filmmakers of all time. He has directed critically acclaimed feature films such as Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011), Louder Than Bombs (2015) and Thelma (2017), all co-written with screenwriter Eskil Vogt. The films have distinguished themselves at international film festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and Toronto, and have, among other things made him the only Norwegian winner of the Nordic Council Film Prize. Hailed as one of the greatest directors of our time, Trier has been named one of 20 directors to follow by the New York Times (2013).

The debut film Reprise won Amanda for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay in 2007. It was launched in the USA by Miramax and was Norway's Oscar nominee for best foreign language film in 2006. Oslo, August 31st participated in Un Certain Regard during Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2013 after being seen by almost 200,000 in French cinemas. Trier’s English-language film Louder Than Bombs (2015), participated in the main program at Cannes and won the Nordic Council Film Prize. Thelma (2017) has won several national and international awards and was nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize. In 2018, came the documentary The Other Munch which he co-directed with his brother Emil Trier. The film had its international premiere at The Lincoln Center in New York. The Worst Person in the World is Trier's fifth feature film.

The Worst Person in the World will premiere in cinemas in Norway on October 15, 2021. SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordics and MK2 handles international sales.

For more information, please contact: 
Yaba Holst, Head of Nordic Acquisition, SF Studios, yaba.holst@sfstudios.se, +46 73 411 95 35
Malin Strihagen, VP Brand & Communications, SF Studios, malin.strihagen@sfstudios.se, +46 70 780 39 35
Pictures, teaser trailer and more information: https://media.filmweb.no/ 
Cannes Film Festival: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/

About SF Studios
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