O'Horten (2007)

	Directed by: Bent Hamer	COUNTRY Norway/Germany GENRE Drama/Comedy INTERNATIONAL TITLE O'Horten RUNNING TIME 90 minutes
	Produced by: Bent Hamer
	Written by: Bent Hamer

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Odd Horten	Bård Owe
Trygve Sissener	Espen Skjønberg	½
Fru Thøgersen	Ghita Nørby	½
Svea	Henny Moan
Flo	Bjørn Floberg	½
Steiner Sissener	Kai Remlow	½
Opsahl	Trond Viggo Torgersen
Same	Nils Gaup
Nordahl	Peder Anders Lohne Hamer
Konduktør	Bjarte Hjelmeland
Lokfører	Per Jansen
Valkyrijen-kelner	Bjørn Jenseg
Kjell	Karl Sundby
Mor	Anette Sagen
Stinesen	Gard B. Eidsvoll

Review

In O'Horten, Bent Hamer continues to depict the solitude and wasted resources of the ageing man, and he does it with warmth and humour. The difference is that he takes us on a somewhat more adventurous ride this time – a kind of Sofies verden for retirees – in which our protagonist, Odd Horten (Bård Owe), must deal with losing his only stable point in his life when retiring from his 40-year-long position as an engine driver. As usual, Hamer offers an askew outlook on life and presents people and fates that wouldn't normally catch your eye. In O'Horten, Hamer unmasks a few boogeymen and suggests they might not be as harmful as we may think. It's a warm film with a fundamental belief in mankind. Slow-moving and ostensibly unremarkable, yet with a soulful core that will reveal itself to the patient viewer. The now almost Danish-Norwegian actor Bård Owe makes a fine homecoming in the title role.