The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic78/100
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Bent HamerDirector
- Bent HamerScreenplay
Cast
- Baard OweOdd Horten
- Espen SkjønbergTrygve Sissener
- Ghita NørbyFru Deinboll
- Bjørn FlobergFlo
- Henny MoanSvea
- Bjarte HjelmelandKonduktør
- Kai RemlovSteiner Sissener
- Trond-Viggo TorgersenOpsahl
- Per JansenFormann for lokomotivførerne
- Gard B. EidsvoldStinesen
- Andreas CappelenFlyplass personale
- Bjørn JensegKelner
Stills
Themes
airportretirementsurrealismnorwaywhiskeytraintrain conductorsleep overmother son relationshipski jumpingblind drivertobacco shop