O'Horten
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- Synopsis
- A septuagenarian taking his penultimate voyage from Oslo to Bergen begins to mentally prepare for his final trip, but finds that sometimes things don't turn out as expected when he misses the last departure for the first time in 40 years....
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- Starring
- Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Bjørn Floberg, Kai Remlov
- Director(s)
- Bent Hamer
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 89 min.
Critic Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter | Duane ByrgeAdd Critic to Favorites
Enlivened with droll wit and framed with robust sensitivity, O'Horten is an amusing and entrancing personal portrait. Succinct in its visualizations and crisp in its pacing, its deferential storytelling is in sync with its Odd subject.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
O'Horten is a precise, deadpan drama of slapstick existentialism - a Bent Hamer movie, in other words.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Odd is played by Baard Owe, a trim, fit man with a neat mustache, who may cause you to think a little of James Stewart, Jacques Tati or Jean Rochefort.Read the full review
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