A young, religious student, moves to Oslo to attend university. As she tries to deny her feelings for a female friend, she suffers from a number of powerful seizures, and it’s not long before she begins to realise that her condition is caused by a mystery supernatural ability.

Con un romance electrizante Thelma se sumerge profundamente en el alma de su personaje principal para liberar a sus demonios, que largamente han sido reprimidos. Mezclando lo sobrenatural y lo psicológico, Trier actualiza a la Carrie de De Palma con su estilo escandinavo: te dejará sin aliento.