#Your thoughts on "The Worst Person in the World".

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plush wind
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Hello all!

My name is Thomas and I am currently writing a script for a video I am making about Joachim Trier's 2021 film "The Worst Person in the World". I was wondering if you guys could answer the two questions below. You can be as thorough or as blunt as you want, I just want to hear your thoughts on it!

Question 1: How do you interpret Julies loneliness in the film, do you believe its a symptom of modern life, or a more universal experience of being human.

Question 2: Do you think either of Julies partners, Aksel and Eivind, ever truly understood one another, or were they just trying to fill their own loneliness through each other?

Please feel free to leave any thoughts you might have! My video is going to be titled "The worst person in the world" a introspective look at human connection and loneliness" so any thoughts relating to that subject would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for reading, and if you respond I extend my warmest gratitude's.
Thomas

junior raptor
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Julies’ loneliness: it’s both modern and universal—she feels disconnected because of life’s endless choices, but also because being human often means feeling unseen and unsure
And Aksel and Eivind: Neither fully understood Julies or each other; their relationships were more about filling their own loneliness than truly connecting.

plush wind
junior raptor
broken spindle
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Q1: I see it as more being a symptom of modern life but it's a pretty universal feeling. About finding connection and having conversations with somebody you can't have with anybody else.
Q2: Julie and both her relationships were real and they understood each other as much as two people could in an intimate relationship. Aksel represented the creative nuanced relationship. Eivind represents the simpler freer expression of her desires.

Movie was in my library for a while and didn't pick it up to finish watching until this thread. It was wonderfully original and depicted relationships honestly and turly the way only a Noweigan film can. From the whimsical nature of the main Julie character to the depictions of nudity & sex. There are things we say we want to the other person in a relationship and the actual flexibility of what we do if we were under different circumstances. I loved it all and wished I watched it years earlier.