The Drama
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“Why are you acting like you've never done anything bad?”
Overview
In The Drama, Kristoffer Borgli (director of GAC favourite Sick of Myself) returns to his cherished themes of jealousy, deception and humiliating yourself socially. Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) are a Millennial couple with good arts jobs blissfully preparing for their upcoming wedding, until a wine-encouraged game of "What's the Worst Thing You Ever Did" with married friends Rachel (Alana Haim) Mike (Mamoudou Athie) unveils a secret that threatens to destroy their relationship and reputations.
“Nuptial apocalypse has rarely been explored with such dark intelligence and mordant wit”
“Hilarious in that cruel, keen way that Borgli has proved to be a specialist”
“A provocation, a jeu d’ésprit of outrage, a psychological meltdown”
Why See This Film
Norwegian cringe-auteur Borgli is not a subtle filmmaker, signalled here by an ominous poster for Ingmar Bergman's The Passion of Anna, but now his sly depictions of bourgeois hypocrisy are tempered with a surprising generosity of spirit. Zendaya and Pattinson are fully on board as their cute couple begins to realise what a lifetime commitment may actually mean, coming apart at the seams and picked at by well-meaning friends (except for Haim, who is deliciously venomous). Beyond its thought-experiment conceit, The Drama is a nerve-wracking modern romance that more than lives up to the name.
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