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The Bothersome Man

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7.0/10 • 251

2006-05-26 • 1h 30m

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Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

Directors
Jens Lien
Writters
Per Schreiner
Editors
Per Schreiner, Vidar Flataukan

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  1. Trond Fausa Aurvåg

    Trond Fausa Aurvåg

    Andreas

  2. Petronella Barker

    Petronella Barker

    Anne Britt

  3. Per Schaanning

    Per Schaanning

    Hugo

  4. Birgitte Larsen

    Birgitte Larsen

    Ingeborg

  5. Johannes Joner

    Johannes Joner

    Håvard

  6. Ellen Horn

    Ellen Horn

    Trulsen

  7. Anders T. Andersen

    Anders T. Andersen

    Harald

  8. Sigve Bøe

    Sigve Bøe

    Liten mann

  9. Hanne Lindbæk

    Hanne Lindbæk

    Vigdis

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deepkino

Sep 18, 2025

7/10

This exceptional dystopian production is a masterclass in symbolic storytelling. Its target is the modern archetype: the nine-to-five employee whose company HR mandates camaraderie, whose home is a catalog of IKEA furniture, and whose leisure is systematically scheduled. The film presents a world utterly sanitized of all profound emotion and flavor, a reality so sterile that the main character doesn't even engage with the audience's inherent questions of origin and purpose. It is an essential viewing experience and a brilliantly executed dystopia.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Norwegian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
dreamsafterliferevolutiondystopiamodern societysurrealromanceconfusion