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O' Horten (2007)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 15:02
O' HortenGenres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Norway
Directors: Bent Hamer
Actors: Baard Owe | Espen Skjønberg | Ghita Nørby | Henny Moan | Bjørn Floberg | Kai Remlow | Per Jansen | Bjarte Hjelmeland | Peter Bredal | Einar Breian | Dag Brekke | Bård Brinchmann | Andreas Cappelen | Kjell Ove Carlsen | Øyvind Dahle
A picaresque tale. Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train engineer 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?
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Factotum (2005)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 09:06
FactotumGenres: Comedy
Countries: France | Germany | Norway | Sweden | USA
Directors: Bent Hamer
Actors: Matt Dillon | Lili Taylor | Marisa Tomei | Fisher Stevens | Didier Flamand | Adrienne Shelly | Karen Young | Thomas Lyons | Dean Brewington | James Cada | James Michael Detmar | Kurt Schweickhardt | Dee Noah | James Noah | Michael Egan
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
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