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Hawaii, Oslo

Hawaje, Oslo

Norway | 2004, 125 min.

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Festival edition: 2005

Section: "New Films, New Directors" International Competition

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The story of a handful of people who cross each other’s paths without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla, about to have their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalised kleptomaniac who is looking for Asa, with whom he has a ten-year-old agreement to get married. We meet Leon’s brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon from the institution to celebrate his birthday. The angel Vidar sees things no one else can see, and may be able to save everyone – except himself. Directly reminiscent of "Short Cuts" and "Magnolia", this picture has been hailed as the best Norwegian feature in years.

Director(-s): Erik Poppe

Born 1960, Oslo, grew up in Norway and Portugal and studied at the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm. Between 1991 and 2003 he directed commercials, music videos, shorts and documentary films and he was a cameraman on several features. His own feature début "Schpaaa" won a grand prize in Berlin in 1999. "Hawaii, Oslo" is Poppe's second feature.

Director's filmography

2004 Hawaii, Oslo
2001-02 Brigaden (tv)
1997 Bratts (kr.m.)
1998 Schpaaa
1994 Aftenlandet (kr.m.)
1991 Beauty and the Brutal (kr.m.)

Cast & Crew

Producer: Finn Gjerdrum

Cast: Trond Espen Seim (Vidar), Jan Gunnar Roise (Leon), Evy Elise Kasseth Rosten (Asa), Aksel Hennie (Trygve), Petronelle Barker (Bobbie), Robert Skjaerstad (Viggo), Benjamin Rosler (Mikkel)

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