Uno (2004)

Directors:

Aksel Hennie
John Andreas Andersen (co-director)

Writer:

Aksel Hennie (writer)

Release Date:

10 September 2004 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Uno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future...

Plot Keywords:

Gym | Norway | Fistfight | Mongoloid | Family Relationships

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Aksel Hennie	...	David
Nicolai Cleve Broch	...	Morten
Bjørn Floberg	...	Jarle
Espen Juul Kristiansen	...	Kjetil
Ahmed Zeyan	...	Khuram
Martin Skaug	...	Lars
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Einar Broch	...	Begravelseagent
Aida Frusan	...	Salima
Morten Hennie	...	Far
Gunnar Lien Holsten	...	Policeman 2
Jørgen Langhelle	...	Police officer
Anne Moen	...	Mona's Friend
Liv Bernhoft Osa	...	Mona
Bibi Razia	...	Khuram's Mother
Khawar Gomi Sadiq	...	Ali

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Norway:15 | Denmark:15 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Oslo, Norway

Company:

Tordenfilm AS

Trivia:

Aksel Hennie was one of the most know graffiti writers in Norway until he was arrested. He exposed his friends and was frozen out of the graffiti scene in Oslo. His experiences are the basis for the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene when David is sitting on the bed after they wrap the dead dog in plastic, his hands are half-covered in blood and his white shirt is perfectly clean. After switching back and forth between David and Morten, his hands are now fully covered in blood, in addition to his shirt being stained on the elbows, even though he has just been sitting on the bed.

Movie Connections:

References "The Simpsons" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Uno

Really nice movie even for non-Norwegians!!!

I watched the film during the Istanbul Film Festival (2-17 April 2005) between two low-tempered films both from Europe, and Uno just suited very well between those two slow ones. The first thing about "Uno" is its tempo. It starts in a smooth mode and goes on like this through the whole film. Even in the beginning, when the main characters were introduced, the movie starts to "move". Both the visual technique Hennie used and the elements of the story serve the the tempo of the film very well. The movie has waves in itself but it never breaks at any point. The second important thing i guess is the atmosphere of the movie. Every place in the movie was well-chosen and well-prepared. The houses, the room of David, the gym... The atmosphere created by Hennie was dark but hopeful. And i liked it. And Tom Mcrae's songs adds a lot to the movie. After all, nice movie even for non-Norwegians!! 8/10.