The Worst Person in the World Norwegian : Verdens verste menneske is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Joachim Trier , who co-wrote the screenplay with Eskil Vogt. The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim, with Renate Reinsve winning the award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Julie, a medical student in Oslo , transitions from medicine to psychology and then photography.
In her late 20s, she begins a relationship with Aksel Willman, a comic artist 15 years her senior. Now exploring writing, she spends a weekend with Aksel at his parents' house. Aksel suggests starting a family, but Julie is uncertain. While walking home from a publishing event for Aksel, Julie crashes a wedding reception and meets Eivind, a barista. Despite both being in relationships, they spend the night together sharing jokes and intimacies, but refrain from sexual relations.
They exchange only their first names before parting ways. Julie writes a short story about feminism and oral sex, impressing Aksel, who encourages her to post it online. It gains attention. She celebrates her 30th birthday at her divorced mother's home, but her father fails to attend, citing back pain. Days later, Julie's half-sister inadvertently reveals that their father was actually watching her play at a football tournament on Julie's birthday. He makes excuses to decline Aksel's invitation to visit them in Oslo.
While working at a bookstore, Julie encounters Eivind and his girlfriend Sunniva. During dinner with Aksel's brother and sister-in-law, Aksel complains about the sanitized cinematic adaptation of his politically incorrect comic series Bobcat Gaupe in Norwegian , leaving Julie feeling bored and ignored.
She daydreams about going on a date with Eivind, imagining falling in love. The next day, she ends her relationship with Aksel. Eivind breaks up with the obsessively social-justice-and-climate-conscious Sunniva due to her restrictive lifestyle.
