A Young Woman Gains Independence — And More — In 'Thelma'
Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mercurial tale of a college student who develops frightening abilities once she leaves her strict family descends into standard scary-movie tropes.
by Mark Jenkins
Nov 09, 2017
2 minutes
The protagonist of Thelma is immensely powerful. But does teenage Thelma (Eili Harboe) derive this mojo from her budding sexuality? Does the woman, just beginning college in Oslo, squeeze demonic juice from rejecting her parents' austere Christianity? Is the small-town naif's chandelier-shaking force a medical matter?
Or is Thelma just a fledgling filmmaker?
In his four features, Thelma
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