O'Horten

O'Horten

2007 · 90 min · NO · 6.5 (41 votes)
Dir. Bent Hamer · Starring Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Bjørn Floberg, Henny Moan, Bjarte Hjelmeland
DramaComedy

Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?

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A quiet, offbeat journey into the surreal aftermath of a life lived by the book. It's a gentle, sometimes absurd, exploration of purpose and loneliness as the familiar world unravels.

melancholicquirkyabsurdistwistfulslow-burnarthousedeadpan comedyquirky dramaretirementidentityexistentialismloneliness
airportretirementsurrealismnorwaywhiskeytraintrain conductorsleep overmother son relationshipski jumpingblind drivertobacco shop
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