The read
The highest scoring of the 3 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic70/100
204 audience votes
Key crew
- Petter NæssDirector
- Lars Lillo-StenbergOriginal Music Composer
- Axel HellsteniusScreenplay
Cast
- Per Christian EllefsenElling
- Sven NordinKjell Bjarne
- Marit Pia JacobsenReidun Nordsletten
- Jørgen LanghelleFrank Åsli
- Per ChristensenAlfons Jørgensen
- Hilde OlaussonGunn
- Ola OtnesHauger
- Eli Anne LinnestadJohanne
- Cecilie A. MosliCecilie Kornes
- Joachim RafaelsenHaakon Willum
- Per GørvellEriksen
- Knud DahlServitør på bar
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Themes
mentally disabledbased on novel or bookmale friendshiploss of virginitypoetry readingmale virginneuroticoslo, norway
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