

Elling(2001)
"They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house."
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40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
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Per Christian Ellefsen
Elling

Sven Nordin
Kjell Bjarne
Marit Pia Jacobsen
Reidun Nordsletten

Jørgen Langhelle
Frank Åsli

Per Christensen
Alfons Jørgensen

Hilde Olausson
Gunn

Ola Otnes
Hauger

Eli Anne Linnestad
Johanne

Cecilie A. Mosli
Cecilie Kornes
Joachim Rafaelsen
Haakon Willum

Per Gørvell
Eriksen
Knud Dahl
Servitør på bar
Knut Haugmark
Stasjonsbetjent
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