O'Horten (2007)
December 26, 2007
Drama, Comedy
1h 30m
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Bent Hamer
- Odd Horten Baard Owe
- Trygve Sissener Espen Skjønberg
- Fru Deinboll Ghita Nørby
- Flo Bjørn Floberg
- Svea Henny Moan
- Konduktør Bjarte Hjelmeland
- Steiner Sissener Kai Remlov
- Opsahl Trond-Viggo Torgersen
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Keywords
- airport
- retirement
- surrealism
- norway
- whiskey
- train
- train conductor
- sleep over
- mother son relationship
- ski jumping
- blind driver
- tobacco shop