Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other’s path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon’s brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon’s best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone – except himself?Read More »
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Erik Poppe – Hawaii, Oslo (2004)
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Laila Mikkelsen – Liten Ida AKA Little Ida (1981)
1981-1990ClassicsDramaLaila MikkelsenNorwaySynopsis
Ida and her mother, a single woman, live in Northern Norway during the Nazi occupation. Ida’s mother works as a cook at a POW camp for Russians captured during the fighting in the Arctic. But she is more involved with the Germans than that… The occupying troops were reputedly encouraged to have relations with local women in Norway (as the racial characteristics of Nordic people were favoured by Nazi ideology…) As a result, lots of Norwegian women got involved in relationships and many children were conceived.Read More » -
Erika Calmeyer – Storm (2022)
2021-2030DramaErika CalmeyerMysteryNorwayElin’s son dies in a drowning accident, but together with her daughter Storm (10) she tries to restart, but when the rumors start that Storm pushed her brother into the water she has to protect her daughter and still find the truth.Read More »
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Kåre Bergstrøm – Klokker i måneskinn AKA Watches in Moonlight (1964)
1961-1970HorrorKåre BergstrømMysteryNorwayFour men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events, while the scientist among them tries to give the experiences a natural explanation.Read More »
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Per Blom – Mors hus AKA His Mother’s House (1974)
1971-1980DramaEroticaNorwayPer BlomFrom IMDB:
After breaking up from his studies Petter and his fiancee, he comes back to his home town and mother. Mother takes him in with great enthusiasm, because she wants him all to herself – in all ways.Read More » -
Hallvar Witzø – Alle hater Johan AKA Everybody Hates Johan (2022)
2021-2030ComedyHallvar WitzøNorwayEverybody Hates Johan is a comedy about Johan Grande’s adventurous life, and his long-lasting battle to win over the love of his life, Solvor, who he accidentally blew up a bit in his teens.Read More »
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Hans Petter Moland – Ut og stjæle hester AKA Out Stealing Horses (2019)
2011-2020DramaHans Petter MolandMysteryNorwayQuote:
November 1999. 67-year-old Trond lives in new-found solitude and looks forward to spending New Year’s Eve 2000 alone. As winter arrives he discovers he has a neighbor, a man Trond knew back in 1948, the summer he turned 15 and the summer Trond’s father prepared him to carry the burden of his forthcoming betrayal and disappearance.Read More » -
Kristoffer Borgli – Syk pike AKA Sick of Myself (2022)
2021-2030ComedyDramaKristoffer BorgliNorwayIncreasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend’s recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo’s cultural elite.Read More »
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Magnus Meyer Arnesen – Når jeg faller AKA As I Fall (2018)
2011-2020DramaMagnus Meyer ArnesenNorwaySynopsis:
As I Fall follows the unconventional relationship between a father and son as they cling to one another under the looming threat of addiction and separation. Joachim is 25 years old. His charming smile veils the daily battle he fights within himself as he struggles to manage a heroin addiction. He smokes everyday and tries to quit almost every other. He hates the drug and the control it has over him, but it removes his pain. His loneliness. After years locked in a cycle of abuse, Joachim is on the verge of a breakdown. He gets an unexpected call from his ex-girlfriend, Maria…Read More »