Movies by Bent Hamer
As a director:
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Home for Christmas (2010)
Cast: Nina Andresen Borud, Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Arianit Berisha …
Directed by: Bent Hamer
On Christmas Eve in the Norwegian burg of Skogli, a motley set of townsfolk roam the snowy streets, each shouldering a personal preoccupation but all driven by a desire to be home for the…
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O'Horten (2007)
Cast: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby …
Directed by: Bent Hamer
Odd Horten (Baard Owe) is having trouble adjusting to retirement. In the skewed vision of filmmaker Bent Hamer (Factotum), Horten's restlessness launches encounters with a host of…
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Factotum (2005)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens …
Directed by: Bent Hamer
Based on Charles Bukowski's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, this edgy drama centers on rootless jack-of-all-trades Henry Chinaski (Matt Dillon), a rebel writer with…
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Kitchen Stories (2004)
Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norstrom, Bjorn Floberg …
Directed by: Bent Hamer
Inspired by an esoteric 1950s Swedish study, this unusual tale about comradeship and camaraderie starts as a research project in which an observer, Folke (Tomas Norstrom), watches his…