Joachim Trier’s dark coming-of-age thriller Thelma, which is about a young woman who falls in love only to discover she has terrifying and inexplicable powers, opens in New York on November 10, 2017, with it expanding to Los Angeles on Nov. 24 via The Orchard.
Joe Lipsett caught the premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and called it “a striking coming-of-age thriller that resembles Carrie.”
The Norwegian-language pic stars Eili Harboe, Okay Kaya, Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Below is a clip from the film that shows a young Thelma who is learning she has special abilities that may have dark implications. Her parents are angry, yet terrified.
“Thelma, 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, 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.”
