
Three years have passed since Elling moved to town together with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Read More »
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Brent jord / Scorched Earth (1969) Knut Andersen, Rolf Søder, Anne-Lise Tangstad, Kåre Tannvik, Drama, War

Nazi soldiers adopt a scorched-earth policy when they retreat from the advancing Russian Army in Northern Norway. Read More »
Winterschläfer / Winter Sleepers (1997) Tom Tykwer, Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Read More »
Ungen (1938) Rasmus Breistein, Eva Sletto, Harald Heide Steen, Ragnhild Hald, Drama

The classic movie from 1938 is an adaptation of Oscar Braatens play. Eva Sletto plays the young factory worker Milja, and Harald Heide Steen as her unfaithful boyfriend Julius. Read More »
Amatørene / You Really Got Me (2001) Pål Sletaune, Robert Skjærstad, Andrine Sæther, Philip Zandén, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jan’s fastfood-business is going bankrupt, his girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Read More »
The Devil Is a Woman (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Film told in flashbacks of an older man’s obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. Read More »
Cecilie (2007) Fabian Wullenweber, Sonja Richter, Anders W. Berthelsen, Claus Riis Østergaard, Horror, Thriller

Cecilie experiences a rape, but no traces are found. Her husband commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist she sees a frightening connection between her condition and a brutal murder dating more than 30 years back.
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The Nature of the Beast (1988) Franco Rosso, Lynton Dearden, Paul Simpson, Tony Melody, Drama

A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
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Smala Sussie / Slim Susie (2003) Ulf Malmros, Tuva Novotny, Jonas Rimeika, Björn Starrin, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Erik has to return to the rural village where he grew up, when he is told that his younger sister Sussie has disappeared without a trace.
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Contact (1997) Robert Zemeckis, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has long been interested in contact to faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway, who passed away when she was nine years old leaving her then orphaned. Her current work in monitoring for extraterrestrial life is based on that love and is in part an homage to her father.
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