Odd Horten has driven the same train route every day for so long that the rest of his life has become a routine of comfortable rituals. But the time has come for the 67-year-old engineer to retire after forty years of dutiful service. His orderly, solitary existence is about to give way to a future of perplexing questions. How could Horten get himself in such an awkward situation when he should be celebrating his retirement? Will Horten ever travel by plane? Will he finally sell his prized boat? How does Horten end up in a pair of women’s red high-heeled shoes? Will he survive a nighttime drive with a blindfolded man at the wheel? The only thing for certain is that Horten is first in line for some absurd adventures and quirky encounters. And maybe even a new dog and an old love!
O'HORTEN is writer-director Bent Hamer's fifth feature film.
FACTOTUM (2005), KITCHEN STORIES (2003) and EGGS (1995) all made
their international premiere at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes. KITCHEN
STORIES and EGGS were both awarded the International Film Critics Prize
(FIPRESCI) and KITCHEN STORIES received the Europa Cinemas Prize.
KITCHEN STORIES was a 2003 Audience Award nominee at the European
Film Awards and the Norwegian entry to the Academy Awards.
Bent’s films have been distributed in more than fifty countries, they have
participated in 80 film festivals around the world and have won him some
30 prizes. In addition to his feature films, he has written and directed a
number of short films and documentaries.
Bent was born in Sandefjord, Norway, in 1956. He studied Film theory and
Literature at the University of Stockholm and Stockholm Film School. He
founded the Oslo production company BulBul Film in 1994 and also
produces his films.
2008 O’HORTEN /// 2005 FACTOTUM /// 2003 KITCHEN STORIES /// 1998 WATER EASY REACH /// 1995 EGGS
Odd Horten / BÅRD OWE /// Mrs. Thøgersen / GHITA NØRBY /// Trygve Sisener / ESPEN SKJØNBERG /// Svea / HENNY MOAN /// Flo / BJØRN FLOBERG /// Steiner Sisener / KAI REMLOV /// Head of Enginers / PER JANSEN /// Train Cond uctor / BJARTE HJELMELAND /// Stinesen / GARD EIDSVOLD /// Opsahl / TROND-VIGGO TORGERSEN /// Man with frozen salmon / LARS ØYNO /// Young Vera Horten / ANETTE SAGEN /// Waiter / BJØRN JENSEN
DIRECTOR AND SCRIPTWRITER / Bent Hamer /// PRODUCER / Bent Hamer /// CINEMATOGRAPHER / John Chr.Rosenlund /// EDITOR / Pål Gengenbach /// ART DIRECTOR / Kalli Juliusson /// COSTUME DESIGNER / Anne Pedersen ///
SOUND / Morten Solum /// MUSIC / Kaada /// A PRODUCTION OF Bulbul Film /// IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH Scanboxfilm / Pandora film / Memento films
FORMAT / 35 mm / 1:1,85 / Colour / Dolby Digital / LENGTH 90 min. / LANGUAGE
Norwegian / SUBTITLES English
