
A week later, the film's US distribution rights were sold to Neon, while the India, UK and Ireland rights were acquired by Mubi. The film had its world premiere in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on 7 July.

MK2 Films secured a sales deal on the film in February 2021.

She returns home to edit the day's photos. She photographs an actress and then sees her outside with Eivind and a baby. Some time later, Julie is working as an on-set photographer for a film shoot. After spending time with Aksel, Julie later receives a voicemail from his brother reporting that Aksel is unlikely to survive the night. Returning home, Julie tells Eivind about her pregnancy, and they decide to separate while she determines whether she wants to keep the child. Despite his assertions that she would be a good mother, she remains frightened. She visits Aksel in the hospital where Aksel confides that he is afraid to die and still loves her. Julie learns she is pregnant and delays telling Eivind. When he assumes it is based on her real-life experiences, Julie angrily denies it and patronizes him. Sometime later, Eivind finds the short story Julie had written. Aksel's brother happens upon Julie at work and discloses that Aksel has inoperable pancreatic cancer. The following night, she confides in Eivind that she can be herself around him, but he seems to ignore her claims. He hosts a small party where one of his friends uncovers Eivind's stash of psychedelic mushrooms, which Julie consumes leading to hallucinations. The next day, she breaks up with Aksel.Įivind leaves climate-conscious Sunniva because of her restrictive lifestyle. She dreams that she goes on a date with Eivind, where they fall in love.
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At dinner with Aksel's brother and sister-in-law, Aksel complains about the sanitized cinematic adaptation of his politically incorrect comic series Bobcat, leaving Julie feeling bored and ignored. While working at a bookstore, Julie encounters Eivind and his girlfriend Sunniva. He makes excuses to decline Aksel's invitation to visit him and Julie in Oslo. Days later, Julie's half-sister inadvertently reveals that their father was watching her play at a football tournament on the day of her birthday. She celebrates her 30th birthday at her divorced mother's home but her estranged father fails to attend, claiming he injured his back. Aksel is impressed with it and encourages her to post it online, where it receives attention. Julie writes a short story about feminism and oral sex. They exchange only their first names and part ways. Though both are in relationships, they spend the night together sharing jokes and intimacies, but without sexual relations. While walking home from a publishing event for Aksel, Julie crashes a wedding reception and meets Eivind, a barista. Aksel floats the idea of starting a family with Julie, but Julie is uncertain. Now dabbling in writing, she spends a weekend with Aksel at his parents' house. Leave your car at home and just enjoy yourself.Ĭover photo by Milan Ilic / Shutterstock.Julie is a medical student in Oslo, then transferred to psychology and then photography, where she starts a relationship with Aksel Willman, a comic artist fifteen years older than her. The greatest wine festival in the world is in the heart of the Pfalz and is easy to get to by bus or Deutsche Bahn from any direction – right around the clock. Getting ThereĮnjoy the wine without having to worry about driving. Discover more about the Bad Dürkheim Wurstmarket here. Michael’s Day and this is the origin of the Wurstmarkt festival.Ī local poet Karl Räder once said of this hugely popular event: “The Wurstmarkt is the only festival where you meet old friends you’ve never seen before”.Įxactly right, come along and enjoy this huge event and leave with some terrific memories and new ‘old’ friends. Up until the 15th century, pilgrims walked up the hill on St.

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