Greta Thunberg's film premiers at Venice Film Festival, shows her never-seen-before side

A movie based on 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was reportedly premiered at Venice Film Festival on September 4. According to reports, Thunberg allowed film-maker Nathan Grossman to follow her for a year after he met her in 2018 on first day of her school’s strike. movie, I am Greta reveals t only inside story of pain and risk teen activist has put herself through for climate cause but also her love of breaking into dance and her gift for comedy. 

documentary reveals how Thunberg went from being a self-confessed ‘shy nerdy person’ to a global icon. scenes in  film also reportedly show her clashing with her far, Svante, over her perfectionism as she writes and rewrites her speeches. 

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movie shows teen environmentalist dancing in her pyjamas to relieve stress while she crisscrosses Europe on train and in her far’s electric car. It reveals how she lived off baked beans and pasta while she also urged global leers to act to save planet. 

In movie, she despairs that responsibility of her role to reminds world of existential crisis it faces is ‘too much’. During her press conference at Venice, Thunberg said, “It is such a responsibility. I don’t want to have to do all this”. 17-year-old, who has Asperger syndrome’ and who has been shunned by leers claiming she is ‘mentally ill’, also laughed off saying, “Sometimes I think it might be good if everyone h a bit of Asperger’s”. 

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Introvert schoolgirl to global celebrity 

In documentary film, Thunberg mits that kids were mean to her when she was younger. She said that she was never invited to parties and was always left out. After screening at Venice Film Festival 2020, environmentalist said that she was relieved that movie does away with idea that she is an ‘angry naive child who sits in United Nation General Assembly screaming at world leers’.

Overall, film shows how a schoolgirl went from being a quiet introvert to a global celebrity in a few months in 2018. film also captures her frustration at gulf between politicians’ promises and ir reactions. movie director, Grossman, reportedly said at film festival that he was surprised to see how ‘charming and funny’ Thunberg is. 

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