O 'hoarding
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | O 'hoarding |
| Original title | O 'hoarding |
| Country of production | Norway |
| original language | Norwegian |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bent Hamer |
| script | Bent Hamer |
| production | Bent Hamer, Karl Baumgartner, Christoph Friedel |
| music | John Erik Kaada |
| camera | John Christian Rosenlund |
| cut | Pål Gengenbach |
| occupation | |
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O'Horten is a Norwegian film directed by Bent Hamer in 2007. The film's title character is the passionate train driver Odd Horten, who has to rearrange his life after his retirement. Generally well received by the critics, the film received a nomination in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes .
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Odd Horten is a passionate train driver for the Norges Statsbaner and is about to retire . He is reluctant to make friends with the thought of losing his rhythm of life at this moment. With the award of the "Silver Locomotive" he is ceremoniously honored by his colleagues for 40 years of service shortly before his last journey. Odd can then be persuaded to celebrate. When he can't get into the house where his colleagues are celebrating after doing something because of a defective bell, he tries to find his way over the scaffolding. He ends up in an apartment where a little boy persuades him to wait by his bedside until he falls asleep.
When Odd wakes up the next morning, he steals past the boy's family having breakfast and hurries to the train station . But on his last trip, of all places, he missed the train for the first time . Odd arrives at the platform when the train pulls out and virtually flees from his astonished colleagues. With his retirement, Odd increasingly hides himself in his apartment. In his onset of loneliness he tries to gain a foothold in life. After years of unsuccessful persuasion, he sells his boat to a friend and tries to kill his time.
When he befriends the supposed homeless Trygve Sissener on the street , he takes him home. You decide to drive your car blindfolded early the next morning. When Trygve suffers a heart attack on this trip , Odd returns to his house and gets his old skis. He wants to continue the tradition of ski jumping in his family, which he lacked the courage to do for years. Before that, he meets Trygve's brother, from whom he learns that Trygve was a failed inventor and actually lived on the street. The house belongs to his brother. When Odd finally climbs the ski jump on Holmenkollen and actually jumps, he is freed from a burden. He goes to Bergen, where he visits his long-time girlfriend.
reception
criticism
The film was generally well received by both Norwegian and international film reviews. Jon Selås from the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang spoke of a “little film about life” and particularly praised the film's “existential philosophy”. Vegard Larsen from Dagbladet judged some scenes as unnecessary, but saw the high expectations in view of Hamer's earlier films as fulfilled. Ingunn Økland, author of Aftenposten , instead certified the film as not doing justice to the director. Nevertheless, she emphasized the strengths of the film, such as the camera work and the film music.
International critics agreed. Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "warm story from cool Norway". There are also objections such as Alissa Simon from the trade journal Variety , who said the film lacks "carefully worked out characters and an unconstructed plot that is as moving and lively as in Kitchen Stories ". But she certified the film as "warm and gently humorous entertainment value" and found the production and the film music to be excellent. James Rocchi from cinematical.com particularly emphasized Bård Owe's performance and his “warm gestures”. He has a "meticulous feeling" for "situation-related facial expressions". Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum compared Owe to Jack Nicholson's Warren Schmidt in About Schmidt . She also used the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki as a comparison for Hamer's cinematic style.
Honors
O'Horten was nominated in the 2008 Un Certain Regard sub-section of the Cannes International Film Festival . One critic stated with praise that the film was “wonderfully funny” in a festival with only a few happy stories. For Hamer it was the fourth appearance in Cannes, only film director Arne Skouen was represented just as often as a Norwegian. For Hamer, the nomination was a boost as his previous holdings had been limited to the less respected Directors' Fortnight category . The film also found an international distributor at the festival in Sony Pictures Classics .
Hamer also won the Norwegian Film Critics' Award with the film in 2008, which he won three times as the first director. At the 2008 Amanda Awards , O'Horten also received several nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director . However, he could only win the awards for Best Sound and Best Supporting Actor for Espen Skjønberg. O 'Horten was submitted by Norway as a nomination for the Oscar 2009 in the category Best Foreign Language Film , but was not shortlisted.
Web links
- Official website for the film
- O'horten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Selas: En liten film-om å leve (Norwegian) , Verdens Gang . December 13, 2007. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Vegard Larsen: Langt fra siste reis (Norwegian) , Dagbladet . December 24, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ Ingunn Økland: Lun, stilsikker og ufarlig O'Horten (Norwegian) , Aftenposten . December 13, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ Duane Byrge: Bottom Line: Warm story from frigid Norway , The Hollywood Reporter . May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved on August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Alissa Simon: O'Horten , Variety . May 22, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ James Rocchi: Cannes Review: O'Horten . Cinematical. May 29, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ↑ Lisa Schwarzbaum: Cannes: New laughs from Norway , Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ↑ Official Selection . Cannes Film Festival . Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Kenneth Turan: Cannes '08: Kenneth Turan talks to 'O' Horten 'director Bent Hamer , Los Angeles Times . May 23, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- ↑ a b Gjermund Glesnes: Hamers historisk med Cannes-bragd (Norwegian) , Verdens Gang . April 23, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Manohla Dargis, AO Scott: At Glittery Cannes, a Gritty Palme d'Or , The New York Times . May 26, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ↑ Selås Jon: Filmkritikerprisen til Bent Hamer (Norwegian) , Verdens Gang . April 10, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Disse kjemper om prisene (Norwegian) , Dagbladet . August 16, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Geir Barstein, Ida Anna Haugen: - Jeg er ganske tissetrengt (Norwegian) , Dagbladet . August 16, 2008. Archived from the original on August 18, 2008 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 19, 2008.
