Thelma

Joachim Trier, Norway/France 2017, 117 minutes

R16 nudity, offensive language,sexual material, content that may disturb

Thelma tells the story of a sheltered young woman who discovers she has an inexplicable power that materializes when she feels desire for a female student at her university.

Superbly directed and written — with longtime tied-at-the-hip screenwriting collaborator Eskil Vogt — the already captivating Thelma is further bolstered by a terrific central performance by Eili Harboe (The Wave) that has breakout performance written all over it.