Oslo, August 31st is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

2011 Cannes Film Festival

The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 11 to May 22, 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition...

. It won the prizes for Best Film and Best Cinematography at the 2011 Stockholm International Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival

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; jury president Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman

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 described the film as "a perfectly painted portrait of a generation". It was one of three films on the Norwegian shortlist for submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Cast

• Anders Danielsen Lie
  Anders Danielsen Lie
  Anders Danielsen Lie is a Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor. Danielsen Lie made his film debut when he was 11 years old in the title role of Herman by Erik Gustavson. He is best known for his leading roles in multi-award winning Reprise and Oslo, August 31st by Danish-Norwegian...
  
   as Anders
• Hans Olav Brenner as Thomas
• Ingrid Olava
  Ingrid Olava
  -External links:* at Goldstar Music...
  
   as Rebecca
• Tone Beate Mostraum as Tove