First Love Awakens a Young Woman’s Supernatural Powers in the EerieThelmaTrailer

In Thelma , a sheltered , humble - town young lady discover a whole young world when she get in in Oslo for college . Some thing about it are awesome , like her budding relationship with fellow student Anja — but some are awful , like the sudden issue of her uncontrollable supernatural powerfulness . ( And yeah , they ’re probably connect . )

As this new trailer shows , Thelma ’s religious parents seem to have some idea about what ’s fail on , even if Thelma and her Doctor — who diagnose her with psychogenetic nonepileptic capture , “ an affliction that once got women misidentified as witches , ” according to Thelma ’s prescribed summary — have no real clew . What ’s her family concealing , and what ’s really the matter with Thelma ? And what ’s up with all those snake in the grass ?

Thelma is the latest film from acclaimed Norse filmmaker Joachim Trier ( Oslo , August 31st ; Louder Than Bombs ) and it ’s already slated to be Norway ’s ledger entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars . It will play several fete , starting with the Toronto International Film Festival , before opening in field November 10 .