Elling

2001 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 16,221 VOTES · DIR. Petter Næss

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Overview

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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Dialogue Timeline — 743 lines

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00:00:15 I've aIways been a mommy's boy. I was an onIy chiId, as my mother.
00:03:21 I don't give a shit.
00:07:23 Answer the phone. Prove that you can Iive normaI Iives.
00:10:59 There is onIy one station: The Norwegian state station.
00:14:41 When the phone rings, you pick up the receiver and say heIIo.
00:17:43 I said we shouId go out.
00:20:29 Here I waIk, aIong with one of Iife's simpIer apostIes.
00:24:55 That was aII for today.
00:29:26 Likewise.
00:32:44 I'II just head down to our apartment ...
00:37:21 -Workshop! -Library!
00:41:14 I don't know what to taIk to her about.
00:45:09 Every time something guiIty gets caught You tear it asunder again
00:48:15 Madness is poetry's most important source.
00:51:22 Now that AIfons has taught me that my angst is the price I have to pay.
00:54:13 You must Ieave now. KjeII Bjarne may be back any second.
00:57:35 There he goes again. KjeII Bjarne seems to carry every person he meets.
01:01:21 -What's the matter? -KjeII Bjarne is in Iove.
01:04:51 The next day it was Iike they had known each other forever.
01:08:23 The poIice abducted me from my apartment!
01:11:30 I think the Labor Party is to bIame.
01:16:01 EIIing!
01:19:03 That guy in the coveraIIs is about to become a daddy!
05:08:06 -Is it yours?

Cast & Characters

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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed743
Dialogue density8.3 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line05:08:06

Production Record

DirectorPetter Næss
LanguageNorwegian
IMDb votes16,221