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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
NO
Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release:
March 2001
Production:
Maipo Film
Cast:
Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Per Christensen, Hilde Olausson, Ola Otnes, Eli Anne Linnestad, Cecilie A. Mosli, Joachim Rafaelsen, Per Gørvell, Knud Dahl, Knut Haugmark
Tags:
mentally disabled, based on novel or book, male friendship, loss of virginity, poetry reading, male virgin, neurotic, oslo, norway
