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O'Horten

Cast

Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Bjørn Floberg View All


Crew

Bent Hamer (Screenplay), Bent Hamer (Director) View All

Release: Dec. 26th, 2007
Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a...
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christine
Like Bent Hamer's other film I reviewed about (Kitchen Stories) this is a story about an orderly man breaking out of a methodical life after a lifetime of convention but not in a deliberate way.


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