Elling

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.

Cast

Per Christian Ellefsen

as Elling

Sven Nordin

as Kjell Bjarne

Marit Pia Jacobsen

as Reidun Nordsletten

Jørgen Langhelle

as Frank Åsli

Per Christensen

as Alfons Jørgensen

Hilde Olausson

as Gunn

Ola Otnes

as Hauger

Eli Anne Linnestad

as Johanne

Cecilie A. Mosli

as Cecilie Kornes

Joachim Rafaelsen

as Haakon Willum

Reviews

CinemaSerf

There is certainly something of the odd couple here - maybe even the oddest of couples, as two men are thrown together by circumstance and state - and have to learn to live with each other. "Elling" (Per Christian Ellefsen) has reached the ripe old age of forty without ever having been untied from h...

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