The film tells the story of friends Erik and Phillip, two contrasting young men at the beginning of their writing careers. AUF ANFANG [: reprise] is a light and at the same time profound film about the interplay of friendship and madness, genius and madness, creativity and love, hope and dream, which collide with the reality of life and lead to unexpected paths - sad and happy ones. AUF ANFANG [: reprise] tells of the richness of possibilities that life offers. A film about the attitude to life of the twenty-something generation, like François Truffaut's JULES & JIM. Award-winning feature film debut of Norwegian writer and director Joachim Trier - celebrated as a great new talent of Nordic cinema.