Thelma

Name: Thelma
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: November 10, 2017
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Anders Mossling, Camilla Belsvik, Eili Harboe, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Grethe Eltervåg

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Orchard, The | Release Date: November 10, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Anders Mossling, Camilla Belsvik, Eili Harboe, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Grethe Eltervåg, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ingrid Gi, Ingrid Jørgensen Dragland, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Lars Berge, Ludvig Algeback, Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Okay Kaya, Peter Ekedahl, Sigve Bøe, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Vanessa Borgli, Vidar Fransson

Summary: Thelma (Eili Harboe), a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on the west coast of Norway to study at a university in Oslo. While at the library one day, she experiences a violent, unexpected seizure. Soon after, she finds herself intensely drawn toward Anja (Okay Kaya), a beautiful young student whoThelma (Eili Harboe), a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on the west coast of Norway to study at a university in Oslo. While at the library one day, she experiences a violent, unexpected seizure. Soon after, she finds herself intensely drawn toward Anja (Okay Kaya), a beautiful young student who reciprocates Thelma’s powerful attraction. As the semester continues, Thelma becomes increasingly overwhelmed by her intense feelings for Anja - feelings she doesn’t dare acknowledge, even to herself – while at the same time experiencing even more extreme seizures. As it becomes clearer that the seizures are a symptom of inexplicable, often dangerous, supernatural abilities, Thelma is confronted with tragic secrets of her past, and the terrifying implications of her powers.… Expand

Director: Joachim Trier

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Leah Greenblatt

Nov 9, 2017

Thelma doesn’t play with pig’s blood and jump scares; its dreamlike dread is subtler and stranger, and much harder to shake. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 16, 2017

Here, the Norwegian’s filmmaker’s signature brand of existential dread (always coupled with and complicated by a youthful sense of becoming), is expressed through style more than action. This isn’t a movie where all that much happens, but every decision ripples with darkness. Read full review

Britt Hayes

Sep 23, 2017

In Thelma, Trier tries his hand at making a straight-up genre film — a love story between two women cloaked in a supernatural thriller. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Trier’s knack for nuance and graceful storytelling marries beautifully to a tender drama about self-discovery spiked with psychokinesis. Read full review

Dominick Suzanne-Mayer

Nov 11, 2017

The film maintains a hum of stoic, nerve-trembling anxiety that carries through to its finale. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Dec 7, 2017

Thelma treads the line between the psychological and supernatural, gracefully at first, and then with increasing abandon. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Nov 9, 2017

Mr. Trier’s experimenting mostly works, especially when the genre pieces dovetail with his gifts and Thelma’s story. Read full review

Jake Cole

Sep 23, 2017

Thelma's transition into a paranormal thriller doesn’t complicate its initially potent character study. Read full review

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ojt

Nov 10, 2017

Excellent watch! This is such an accomplished film from Norwegian film makers Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt.
A film which gives clues of what it is with Thelma. Has she supernatural gifts, is it her troubled background, her family history, her religious upbringing, the self loathing fear orExcellent watch! This is such an accomplished film from Norwegian film makers Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt.
A film which gives clues of what it is with Thelma. Has she supernatural gifts, is it her troubled background, her family history, her religious upbringing, the self loathing fear or is burden of over controlling parents?
It's for you to decide. 10/10… Expand