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Oslo, August 31st (2011)
"Oslo, 31. august" (original title)

 -  Drama  -  31 August 2011 (Norway)
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One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

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Anders
Hans Olav Brenner ...
Ingrid Olava ...
Rebecca
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Anders Borchgrevink ...
Øystein
Andreas Braaten ...
Karsten
Malin Crépin ...
Malin
Petter Width Kristiansen ...
Petter
Emil Lund ...
Calle
Tone Beate Mostraum ...
Tove
Renate Reinsve ...
Renate
Øystein Røger ...
David
Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal ...
Mirjam
Iselin Steiro
Aksel Thanke ...
Therapist
Petter With
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One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

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$9,564 (USA) (25 May 2012)

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$100,713 (USA) (14 September 2012)
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The demolition of the 15-story Philips Building in Oslo is shown early in the movie. The building was destroyed April 30 2000. See more »

Quotes

Anders: It will get better. Everything will be alright.
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Anders: Except it won't, you know.
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Referenced in Fokus på Film fra Sør (2011) See more »

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"Exit Ghost"
Written and performed by 'Torgny Amdam'
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Drug addiction is tough *sigh*
1 August 2012 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

The opening and closing minutes of Oslo, August 31rst are peerless filmmaking, a simultaneously nostalgic and disturbing slideshow of images from the titular city, which appears as some kind of larger supernatural entity with a will of its own. The film that they bracket is pretty decent too. It's a quiet slice of cinema verite about Anders, a recovering drug addict.

This isn't your standard AA-approved narrative of redemption, and that's what makes it good. Anders discovers that the world outside is frosty, ambivalent towards him, and most of all banal and meaningless. Of course, the difficulty is portraying banality without being banal yourself, and Trier doesn't entirely succeed here. But it does provide, on top of the more philosophical statement, a great representation of the difficulty of getting back into society after leaving it. Oslo, August 31rst is smart enough to see the social barriers that make the standard addiction narrative so deceitful.

Other than the immediately striking opening, there's nothing overtly impressive about this film. It has its flaws, such as the ending, which seems contrived compared to everything that's come before. But it's a quietly solid picture that certainly deserves a little of your time.


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