Den brysomme mannen (2006)

In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.

Director:

Jens Lien

Writer:

Per Schreiner

Stars:

Trond Fausa, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning

26 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Trond Fausa	...	Andreas (as Trond Fausa Aurvåg)
Petronella Barker	...	Anne-Britt
Per Schaanning	...	Hugo
Birgitte Larsen	...	Ingeborg
Johannes Joner	...	Håvard
Ellen Horn	...	Trulsen
Anders T. Andersen	...	Harald
Sigve Bøe	...	Liten mann
Hanne Lindbæk	...	Vigdis
Ivar Lykke	...	Kollega 1
Aldun G. Magnaes	...	Gutt som kliner (as Audun G. Magnæs)
Mette K. Haugen	...	Jente som kliner (as Mette Karin Haugen)
Hanne Dieserud	...	Azur-kvinnen
Gard Petersen	...	Forvalter 1 (as Gard Pedersen)
Benny Glaerum	...	Forvalter 2 (as Benny Glærum)

Storyline

Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide attempt | dystopia | suicide | escape | cellar | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

2-1-0 Films [Greece] Official site

Country:

Norway Iceland

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bothersome Man

Filming Locations:

Iceland

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 14,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sandrew Metronome Norge,The Icelandic Filmcompany,Tordenfilm AS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The car used to pick up Andreas at the gas station is a Panhard 24, a French car not made since 1968.

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Connections

References Paris, Texas (1984)

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Soundtracks

Nostalgia
Composed by Georges Delerue

User Reviews

This movie is so true

I saw this movie yesterday and can't stop thinking about it. I moved to Norway four months ago, and have tried ever since to find the origin of the strange emptiness i felt. When I saw this film I was striken with the brilliant snapshot of this society. Yes, this is all true!!! I too found a great job with a great pay, and I live with my norwegian boyfriend in a nice apartment downtown. But, so far everyone I have met have left me with that tasteless, empty feeling I had never had before - this is what this movie is about. Dinner parties with nothing to say to each other but emotionless comments, long silences, no stress, a creepy calm, and frozen smiles of niceness. This Scandinavian nightmare is perfectly rendered in Den Brysomme mannen. See this movie!!!