Trier’s movie is a suspenseful mystery, a tender love story, and a terrifying vision of wickedness
Date/Time: Oct 9 2017, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Vancouver, Vancouver Playhouse | Event calendarCost: $15.00
Find tickets: here
In 2017, VIFF continues to expand the frame to create multi-experiential streams that include some of the best cinema from around the world fused with related talks and events in a unique Film+ model. VIFF audiences and creators have a chance to discover, discuss and connect more at one of North America's most accessible festivals, in one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.
With more than 300 films from 73 countries, VIFF 2016 audiences were treated to narratives and documentaries that entertained, informed, inspired and left viewers in awe of the filmmaking talent that exists here in Canada and from creators around the world. Look here for a list of
2016 award-winners. We can't wait to see what the 2017 Festival line-up!
Thelma
Panorama | Contemporary World Cinema
Eili Harboe gives a star-making performance in Joachim Trier’s (Louder than Bombs, VIFF 15) gripping movie. Her Thelma is a college freshman, new to the big city and feeling lonely and vulnerable. One day, she’s studying in the library when Anja (Okay Kaya) sits down next to her. For Thelma, it’s love at first sight—followed by a terrifying seizure. Thus begins a journey in which sexuality, religion and the supernatural vie for control of the soul. As Thelma’s sexuality blossoms, snakes coil around sleeping bodies, a cloud of crows darkens the sky and scenes of violence and terror flash before us. The heroine discovers powers she can’t understand or control; as she searches for answers, her stern, religious parents (Henrik Rafaelson and Ellen Dorrit Peterson) prepare for the worst. Is she evil? Are they?
Trier’s movie is a suspenseful mystery, a tender love story, and a terrifying vision of wickedness; the director combines beauty and horror in a way few filmmakers would dare. This is a work in the Nordic tradition of Carl Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman, but, along with the austere beauty and smouldering sexuality, there are thriller elements that recall Hitchcock at his best. Trier proves himself a master of suspense, yet he never lets the thriller elements obstruct his deep sympathy for Thelma. Her story is a deeply moving one.
More info
The Vancouver International Film Festival 2017 Events