August 31st took place on May 18th. After soaking it up on the international circuit with 2006′s Reprise, Joachim Trier moves from what you could call the ideal calling card to a sophisticated sophomore feature focusing on how society’s expectation levels aren’t ideal for every single one of its members. Both a painful and hopeful portrait, actor Anders Danielsen Lie character beautifully lists his generations’ contempt for everything that came before him, and everything that will inscribe itself as future memories. Here’s the world premiere screening presentation and post-screening applause.
"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
