O'Horten

Norway

Only a Scandinavian could have produced this one. Extremely understated story of a retiring train engineer who is faced with his open-ended future and has a series of increasingly improbable adventures...all approached absolutely deadpan.

Done by the maker of Kitchen Stories, the film has the same wry tone. Having everybody under-react to apparently outrageous events is a form of humor mastered by these denizens of the dark north. May they flourish and continue.

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