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O'Horten(O' Horten)

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Norway, Germany, France · 2007
Rated PG-13 · 1h 30m
Director Bent Hamer
Starring Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Bjørn Floberg
Genre Drama, Comedy

Odd Horton, a train engineer in Norway, experiences a strange series of events on his last day before retirement. His idea of excitement is crossing Norway by rail, but this night he meets new friends, takes risks, and evaluates his relationship with his family. Can a dependable, contained man change the way he lives?

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80

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

In a literal sense this delightful film, in Norwegian with English subtitles, is about retirement and the prospect of loss. But Mr. Hamer, a poet of the droll and askew, sends the aptly named Odd--it's also a common Norwegian name--on a cockeyed journey from regret through comic confusion to a lovely eagerness for new adventures.

80

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

This is a gentle comedy, both funny and melancholy, about a timid soul who discovers the necessity of embracing life in all its absurdity and unlooked-for joy.

88

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Odd is played by Baard Owe, a trim, fit man with a neat mustache, who may cause you to think a little of James Stewart, Jacques Tati or Jean Rochefort.

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