Kitchen Stories
2003 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,766 VOTES · DIR. Bent Hamer
Overview
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
Dialogue Timeline — 536 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 - the Home Research Institute, HFI.
00:04:17 Don't move.
00:07:20 And now Dr. Malmberg, leader of the Swedish observers.
00:09:17 I would again like to emphasize that the key to this study's success -
00:12:25 There's alway s one like him.
00:25:16 No. Why?
00:28:26 That's it.
00:36:53 Carolus Linnaeus was from Småland.
00:40:11 Thank you.
00:43:43 Why don't you ask Ekdahl?
00:45:37 People have to communicate. Don't you at least have some beer?
00:47:46 Are you planning on sitting over there?
00:50:12 You're right. Unfortunately.
00:52:28 This has nothing to do with cats.
00:56:14 - Whey cheese. - What?
00:58:18 What is that?
01:00:10 Otherwise things seem to be going well here.
01:01:47 Could you try to talk to him?
01:04:39 But it wasn't fair for Grant to get lock ed up, either.
01:10:42 Is that where you are? I looked all over for you.
01:16:12 But those notes were my fault.
01:17:54 Green, red, and brown cabbage...
01:21:57 Do you hear me?
01:24:25 These are Folke's notes.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed536
Dialogue density5.6 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:24:25
Production Record
DirectorBent Hamer
LanguageNorwegian
IMDb votes8,766