Norway

REPRISE

CREDITS 

35mm – colore - 105’

Direction: Joachim Trier
Screenplay: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Photography: Jakob Ihre
Editing: Olivier Bugge Couté
Set decorator: Roger Rosenberg
Composer : Ola Fløttum, Knut Schreiner
Sound: Morten Solum
Costume Designer: Maria Bohlin
Cast: Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Christian Rubeck, Pål Stokka, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Rebekka Karijord, Henning Elvestad.
Producer: Karin Julsrud
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SYNOPSIS

Erik and Phillip are trying to make it as writers. Erik is rejected by publishers as lacking in talent, while Phillip’s manuscript is accepted and the young man becomes a major name on the Norwegian cultural scene practically overnight. Six months later, Erik and his friends come to visit Phillip at a psychiatric hospital to bring him home after long-term treatment. Writing is the last thing on Phillip’s mind, but Erik is continuing his literary attempts and tries to convince his friend to go back to writing.

THE DIRECTOR: JOACHIM TRIER

Joachim Trier makes his directorial debut with Reprise. He also co-wrote the script with Eskil Vogt. Joachim trained at the National Film and Television School in England, and has previously attracted national and international acclaim with a number of prize-winning short films and commercials, including the short-film Procter, which was nominated for the European Film Award in 2002, and which won Best British and Best European short film prizes at the Edinburgh International Film Festival the same year.

NOTES

This film could be seen as a subtle reflection on youth as a time of promise, plans and hopes which gradually dissolve under the impact of life experiences. If the style of the narration is reminiscent of the poetic works of the French New Wave, it’s no coincidence: the director admits to the influence of François Truffaut, in particular, the latter Jules and Jim, in which fundamental themes are treated with an enchantingly light touch.

FILMOGRAPHY

2006 Reprise
2002 Procter

SELECTED FESTIVAL AND AWARDS

2006 Karlovy Vari IFF: Best Director, Don Quijote Award
2006 Toronto IFF: Discovery Award