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Oslo, August 31st (2011)
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A day's leave brings Anders back into Oslo's interviews, cafés and familiar rooms, where ordinary sociability can feel like evidence of a life continuing without him. Joachim Trier gives overheard conversation a particular force: the city is full of possible futures that he struggles to inhabit. Addiction and suicidal despair make this a demanding choice, despite the luminous late-summer setting.
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About Oslo, August 31st
A recovering drug addict is granted a day’s leave from rehab and returns to Oslo, where he reconnects with friends, faces the weight of his past, and struggles with uncertainty about his future. Over the course of one day, he drifts through encounters that reflect his longing for connection and his deep sense of alienation.