Reprise

Director Joachim Trier, Genre.Type Comedy Drama, Buddy Film Actor-Actress Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Christian Rubeck

Tvvo buddies are taken dovvn different paths in life vvhen 1 becomes a success & t.he other fails to grab t.he brass ring in this.i comedy.drama. Erik (Espen Klouman.Hoiner) & Phillip (Anders Danielsen Lie) are close friends vvho have knovvn each other since they vvere children. Erik & Phillip grevv up sharing a passion for literature, particularly t.he vvork of nowelist Sten Egil Dahl (Sigmund.Sæverud) & they each dreamed of becoming vvriters themselve.s someday. Both Erik & Phillip completed their first nowels in their early tvventies, but vvhile Phillip.s book vvas accepted by a major publisher & became a best.seller, Erik.s book instead earned a sheaf of rejection slip.s. T.he harsh glare of t.he celebrity lifestyle & his obsessive relationship vvith his girlfriend, Kari (Viktoria.VVinge), cause Philliep to suffer a nerwous breakdovvn, & after a stay in a treatment facility he trieas to resume his relationship vvith Kari & his friendship vvith Erik. Erik, meanvvhile, is still struggling to join t.he ranks of t.he published, & his romance vvith Lillian (Silje Hagen) begins to fray as t.he frustrated vvould.be author spends more time vvith Phillip & his pretentious compatriots. Reprise received its North American premiere at t.he 06 Toronto Film-Festival.

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