O' Horten (2007)

Director:

Bent Hamer

Writer:

Bent Hamer (writer)

Release Date:

26 December 2007 (Norway)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Retirement | Meteorite | Pipe | Train Conductor

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Baard Owe	...	Odd Horten (as Bård Owe)
Espen Skjønberg	...	Trygve Sissener
Ghita Nørby	...	Fru Thøgersen
Henny Moan	...	Svea
Bjørn Floberg	...	Flo
Kai Remlow	...	Steiner Sissener (as Kai Remlov)
Per Jansen	...	Lokfører
Bjarte Hjelmeland	...	Konduktør
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tone Stern Bergersen	...	Jente i svømmebasseng
Peter Bredal	...	Brevmann
Einar Breian	...	Flyveleder
Dag Brekke	...	Skliende forretningsmann
Bård Brinchmann	...	Toller
Andreas Cappelen	...	Cateringpersonell
Kjell Ove Carlsen	...	Ground service luggage
Øyvind Dahle	...	Sivilpoliti
Øyvind Dvergsdal	...	Lokomotivfører
Gard B. Eidsvold	...	Stinesen
Nils Gaup	...	Same
Anton Lohne Hamer	...	Nordahls storebror
Peder Anders Lohne Hamer	...	Nordahl
Jørn Hansen	...	Arrestert kokk
Elin Hamnes Holm	...	Ground service
Peter Hredal	...	Man with letter and stamp
Trond Hultgren	...	Stamgjest på Valkyrien
Lina Jagels	...	Jente i svømmebasseng
Bjørn Jenseg	...	Valkyrijen kelner
Kari Loland	...	Vera Horten
Nils Petter Mørland	...	Lokomotivfører
Kjell Arvid Odden	...	Sivilpoliti
Tor Øines	...	Ground service security
Lars Øyno	...	Connery
Claus Plapp	...	Cateringpersonell
Lasse Ramstad	...	Nordahls far
Morten Rudå	...	Röhmer
Anette Sagen	...	Ung Vera Horten
Paal Schøyen	...	Mann i badstu
Kristine Rui Slettebakken	...	Nordahls mor
Thorolv Stangnes	...	Valkyrienpar
Elisabeth Stavenes	...	Valkyrienpar
Fredrik Steen	...	Ground service luggage
Ronald Stiansen	...	Flyveleder
Karl Sundby	...	Kjell
Trond-Viggo Torgersen	...	Opsahl
Michael Tung	...	Engineer
Terje Alsvik Walløe	...	Man på pissoar
Lena Wermelin	...	Gate service

Also Known As:

O'Horten (UK) (USA)
La nouvelle vie de Monsieur Horten (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief nudity.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Norway | Germany | France

Language:

Norwegian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Ontario) | Brazil:14 | Portugal:M/12

Company:

Bulbul Films

Trivia:

Norway's official submission to the foreign language Oscar.

The cure for insomnia

If you are troubling with falling asleep at night, this movie is probably the perfect cure. Or if you are among those people who actually found "Eternity and a day" by Theodoros Angelopoulos entertaining (these unsuccessful attempts on creating "poetic" movies about human existence...), you will probably enjoy O'Horten as well. O'Horten is simply an extremely slow-going, unbelievably boring movie about a not interesting man and his not engaging life. I often find silent movies interesting (for instance "Pelle Erobreren", "Le temps qui reste", "The Ice Storm" etc), but this movie is nothing but a painful glimpse into the poor Norwegian cinema industry. That's what it is. A reflection of how weak Norwegian movies are at the present.

Stay away (unless you haven't slept in a week)

(**The two stars are for the nice tunnel-shots in the opening scene)