Synopsis
Unleash Your True Self. Unleash Your True Power.
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
Directed by Joachim Trier
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
La maldicion de Thelma, 델마, Thelma - Coming of age, 魔女席瑪, Тельма, Телма, 西尔玛, Відьма, תלמה, 北國凶靈, Telma, テルマ
Anja: *sits down next to Thelma in the library*
Thelma: i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/258/792/b95.png
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My thoughts are too scattered so this is a list:
- I loved how Thelma's powers are never portrayed as wrong in the movie. Sure, she does terrible things, but mainly when she's a child and/or asleep, so when it's completely out of her control. Other than that, the movie tries really hard to link Thelma's powers to nature (the animal imageries, the focus on the trees and Norwegian landscape, the fact that she inherited that from her grandmother (there's also an interesting idea of it being a female power, as her grandmother has it but not her dad, and when she looks up her condition on…
gorgeous, powerful, cathartic, romantic, enthralling, brilliant, otherworldly. a quiet and beautiful storm that rages on while the rest of the world will most likely have it’s eyes fixated on other films, not needing anyone’s attention or love or approval. the most profound superhero portrayed on film since donnie darko
“why can’t i just be myself? why isn’t that possible?”
i would've given this 5 stars instantly if instead of researching seizures and mental disorders Thelma had just been taking a BuzzFeed "Am I Gay?" quiz
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killing your father, healing your mother and going to be with your gf whom you basically willed into existence? that's lesbian culture babe!
“if this is painful, try not to block it out. is there someone special?”
she used to believe in god, and now she is one. this is my lady bird
As a norwegian lesbian who has a seizure any time a girl smiles at me this film is BIG MOOD