Tatt av kvinnen (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Petter Næss

Writers:

Johan Bogaeus (screenplay)
Erlend Loe (novel)

Release Date:

7 September 2007 (Norway)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him fall hopelessly in love with her. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Intuition | Attempted Suicide | Paris | Mansion

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Trond Fausa Aurvaag	...	Him (as Trond Fausa Aurvåg)
Marian Saastad Ottesen	...	Marianne
Henrik Mestad	...	Tor
Anna Gutto	...	Nidar Bergene
Sten Ljunggren	...	Oberst Kalle
Thérèse Brunnander	...	Marianne 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trude Bjercke Strøm	...	Lollik
Trond Brænne	...	Far
Halvard Djupvik	...	Venn
Ingar Helge Gimle	...	Halfred
Hilde Grythe	...	Kvinnelig resepsjonist (as Hilde Gryte)
Kristoffer Hayden	...	Venn
Geir-Atle Johnsen	...	Sjefen
Mina Martine Lystad	...	Bardame (as Mina Lystad)
Louise Monot	...	Mirlinda
Simon Østgaard Pettersen	...	Venn
Ingunn Beate Øyen	...	Kvinnelig lege (as Ingunn Øyen)
Lena Reichmuth	...	Gallerist
Kai Remlow	...	Slind Hansen
Per Skjølsvik	...	Badstumann 1
Peter Stormare	...	Glenn
Birgitte Victoria Svendsen	...	Mor
Knut Wiulsrød	...	Badstumann 2

Also Known As:

Gone with the Woman (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

Monster Film

Trivia:

Norway's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: After the sex scene in the bed between the male and the female in the film, the special "film-underwear" - a white string thong is clearly seen on the female character.

Soundtrack:

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

A fresh and fun film

I recently saw this at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival and it was one of the audience favorites making the Best of the Fest lineup for the festivals final day of films. My screening was also fortunate to have it's filmmaker Petter Naess on hand for a Q&A. This film is Norway's official selection for consideration for an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Naess already has been nominated once before for his film Elling and with this gem he may get yet another nomination. This film is adapted by Naess and Johan Bogaeus from a novel by Erlend Loe. It tells the story of a bachelor (Tron Fausa Aurvaag). who is never really given a name in the film, and his pretty neighbor Marianne (Marian Saastad Otteson) who cherishes silence but talks all the time and somehow worms her way into the bachelor's life and ultimately as his exclusive love interest. Aurvaag and Otteson are great casting and their wonderful facial and body expressions bring this comedic story to life. Also wonderful in great supporting roles are Peter Stormare as the bachelor's buddy Glenn from the gym's pool who has also wormed his way into his life and the two lead characters other love interests, the Parisian Mirlinda (Louise Monet) and the naturalist eagle watcher Tor (Henrik Mestad). This is a fun movie and beautifully photographed and well scripted. Otteson is also great in a supporting role in another feature that played the festival called The Art of Negative Thinking and I would suggest looking for her that wonderful film too. I would give Gone with the Woman an 9.0 out of 10 and highly recommend it for a fresh and fun simple story.