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Best of Zurich Film Festival – The WOrst Person in The Wold

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Joachim Trier is the Norwegian director who gave us the riveting telekinesis thriller Thelma (2017) and the sometimes shocking drug-addiction drama Oslo, August 31st (2011). 

This time his is giving us even more. Swept up in a wave of youthful possibility, a whip-smart medical student named Julie (Renate Reinsve) pivots wildly between careers. First, she abandons medicine for psychology, then psychology for photography. With unlimited passions and unwavering parental support, Julie throws herself between professions, romantic partners, and social scenes. She is noncommittal and uncertain of everything except her unwavering commitment to herself. Though, that too seems to shift and twist on a day-to-day basis.

The reason why this is more than your average coming of age meets romcom meets drama flic ist leading actress Renate Reinste and the magical screen play.

This is a movie for anyone who hasn’t really figured our life yet. And if we are really honest; that’s probably all of us. What a gem of a movie that was screening at the Zurich Film Festival. This is why we live for things like this.

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Best of Zurich Film Festival – Pleasure

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Pleasure is a movie by director Ninja Thyberg centered around a young woman from Sweden wanting to be a mega star in the porn industry. What might sound like a cheap thrill is an in depth look into the world of porn in times of #metoo.

This is an industry struggling to find its place in many ways. We all know that what you see is not what you get or in other words what happened. The heroine Linnea (Sofia Kappel) is only 19 years of age and determined to make it in the City of Angels. She ist self confident, knows how to play the game and does everything to get ahead. But you can pretty quickly figure out that it isn’t that easy and The Valley in Los Angeles isn’t just the valley of dreams but broken dream.

The movie succeeds in not just being a one sided “don’t you ever watch porn after seeing this” piece but much more. One thin is for sure; you won’t see the indurstry the same way after watching this. There are moments when it’s tough to watch; however it’s supposed to be like that. Praised at Sundance and shown at the Zurich Film Festival this is a great movie – for sure.

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Best of Zurich Film Festival – Aloners

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Korea is all the rage. From Parasite winning the Oscar to Squid Game being a game changer for streaming and Netflix – the world is Korean now. One of their most promising directors ist without a doubt Hong Sung-eun. He just delivered a master class in great studio cinema with his oeuvre Aloners

Synopsis: Aloners follows Ji-na (Gong Seung-yeon), a credit card call centre employee who lives alone and has no interest in befriending her colleagues. Following the unexpected death of her neighbor, which goes unnoticed for days, and exasperated with being forced to train a super-friendly new employee at work, Ji-na begins to confront the reasons behind her behaviour.

Living alone as a choice is something people not only in Korea do more and more. But is it a choice and is it the better way to live? Do we need interaction with other people with friends and family? Or is a wold of soap operas and no interaction the better world.

Aloners finds answers to this questions. Shown at the Zurich Film Festival this was for sure one of the highlights and a movie everyone should watch.

This should be an easy choice for Koreas Oscar entry 2022.