#norwegian cinema

[orlaite]

Syk Pike (2022) dir. Kristoffer Borgli

[389]

The Bothersome Man (2006) ‘Den brysomme mannen’ Directed by Jens Lien

[artfilmfan]

Anders Danielsen Lie & Renate Reinsve in "Worst Person In The World" (one of the most touching scenes in one of the greatest films of the modern era).

[dailyworldcinema]

THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA / TRE NØTTER TIL ASKEPOTT (2021) dir. Cecilie A. Mosli

[avellino]

kristine kujath thorp in syk pike/sick of myself (2022)

[russell-crowe]

kristoffer joner in kjære pappa (2020)

[brody75]

Troll (2022)

[lesbianmaxevans]

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2024 Day 11: The Wave / Bølgen (2015)

[sloshed-cinema]

Headhunters [Hodejegerne] (2011)

Roger really went through the shit on this one. In some stories of relentless pursuit, one almost has to ask at which point does endless suffering become not worth it. After finding himself in an elaborate trap of his own making, corporate recruitment agent and sometime art thief Roger Brown becomes the target of a psychotic ex-mercenary who has grand designs for corporate domination of the GPS industry. He’s renowned for his micro-transmitter jelly, something which is a boon for militaries the world over and an absolute headache (or hair nightmare) for Roger. Each episode of the pursuit becomes a further exploration of misery for our mark: if taking a dip in a rural outhouse isn’t bad enough, sooner or later he’s blasted off a cliffside in a cop car by a truck and forced to fake his own death, and then attacked by his former affair. It’s a death by a thousand cuts, or a desperate but unwavering refusal to give in. If we start out the film viewing him as an egotistical and yet insecure wet blanket, we come to learn just how audacious he can be in his determination to cling to life for himself.

A baker’s dozen people staring blankly at a bank of screens showing a crime happening in real time and doing fuck all about it is exactly how I imagine all that SimpliSafe bullshit podcasters are constantly trying to shove down my throat actually paying off. While gleefully gruesome and violent at points, Headhunters is also an undeniable comedy. The ridiculousness of the situation, be it Roger trying to negotiate meeting times with the gun-happy fence Ove in between volleys of gunfire with Russian prostitute Natasha or just how effortlessly handsome and suave Clas is in comparison to this sweaty mouth-breather, the tongue is planted firmly into the cheek.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone names a sum of money.

A call is made on a public/pay phone.

Roger sustains an injury.

Someone mentions traveling to Gothenburg.

BIG DRINK

Roger is jealous over his wife.

A security alarm is disabled.

[folditdouble]

Women in Film Challenge 2023: [44/52] Betrayal, dir. Vibeke Løkkeberg (Norway, 1982)

I’ll never quarrel with you when we get married.

[everythingroyalty]

FLICKS REX (a royalty-themed film recommendation service™) THE KING'S CHOICE (2016) dir. Erik Poppe

THREE DAYS IN APRIL

On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. King Haakon VII of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King’s Choice is a story about three of the most dramatic days in Norwegian history, the royal family’s escape and King Haakon’s difficult choice after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway.

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The Bothersome Man (2006) ‘Den brysomme mannen’ Directed by Jens Lien

[teethngums]

"Oslo, August 31st", 2011.

[artfilmfan]

Handling the Undead (Thea Hvistendahl, 2024)

[highvolumetal]

The Bothersome Man , Jens Lien , 2006.

[russell-crowe]

PÅL SVERRE HAGEN & KRISTOFFER JONER in krigsseileren