#JoachimTrier and his writing partner Eskil Vogt write a beautiful script once again, this time applying their skill and grace to their first genre film - a #Scifi thriller. But #Thelma is much more than that. Instead of going the route of a typical teen superhero flick, Trier and Vogt portray being an adolescent in its truest form - frightening sexuality: massive confusion where you can't trust your feelings or your body & the terror of being in love for the first time. Added here is a big middle finger to organized religion, combined with some show-stopping imagery- especially the snake scene & the underwater pool/lake scenes. Thelma is first and foremost, a love story. It will make a handsome double feature with The Witch as a kind of female empowerment anthem. But instead of being cynical, something to fear and gaze at, girrrl power in Thelma is a sweet, positive and dare I say, life affirming affair. #Norwegiancinema #eiliharboe #kayawilkins