Home for Christmas (2010 film)
Home for Christmas (Norwegian: Hjem til jul) is a 2010 Norwegian comedy-drama film directed by Bent Hamer.
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| Norwegian | Hjem til jul |
| Directed by | Bent Hamer |
| Written by | Bent Hamer |
| Starring | Trond Fausa Aurvåg Fridtjov Såheim Reidar Sørensen Ingunn Beate Øyen Nina Andresen Borud Tomas Norström Joachim Calmeyer Kai Remlov Cecilie Mosli Arianit Berisha Igor Necemer Nina Zanjani Henriette Steenstrup Gard Eidsvold Robert Skjærstad Levi Henriksen Kyrre Haugen Sydness Aina Emilie Bækkevold Marcus Eiel Fagervik |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Norway Sweden Germany |
| Language | Norwegian |
“Home for Christmas” is based on a selection of short stories from the Norwegian author Levi Henriksen's collection, ”Only Soft Presents Under the Tree”. These stories, which now and then intersect with each other, all take place in Henriksen's fictitious small town of Skogli, over a couple of hours on Christmas Eve.
Storyline
Following a prologue set in war-torn former Yugoslavia, the film follows several different Christmas celebrations in the small Norwegian town of Skogli. Paul is a thirty-three-year-old laborer who marches into his doctor's office demanding a prescription, then proceeds to lay bare all his woes. The doctor is beleaguered by his own marital and financial difficulties (he's left his upset wife to work emergency calls on Christmas Eve). There's also an elderly man preparing an esoteric ritual, a vagrant who runs into an old flame, a middle-aged couple in the throes of passion, a boy hopelessly in love with his Muslim neighbor, and a young émigré couple whose car breaks down as the woman goes into labor.
Cast
- Nina Andresen Borud as Karin.
- Arianit Berisha as Goran.
- Joachim Calmeyer as Simon.
- Trond Fausa as Paul.
- Levi Henriksen.
- Cecile Mosli as Elise.
- Igor Necemer as Serb.
- Tomas Norström as Kristen.
- Kai Remlow.
- Morten Ilseng Risnes as Thomas.
- Sarah Bintu Sakor as Bintu.
- Isaka Sawadogo as Bintu's father.
- Kristine Rui Slettebakken as Tone.
- Nadja Soukup as Goran's mother.
- Kyrre Haugen Sydness as Hroar.
- Fridtjov Såheim as Knut.
- Reidar Sørensen as Jordan.
- Nina Zanjani as Albanian woman.
- Ingunn Beate Øyen as Johanne Jakobsen
Soundtracks
Music
by John Erik Kaada
Silent Night (in thai language)
sung by Songsit Ohm Lertsethtakarn - lyrical tenor
text in thai language by Songsit Ohm Lertsethtakarn
Home for Christmas (in English)
written and sung by Maria Mena
Award
Amanda Awards, Norway 2011
| Nominated Amanda |
Best Supporting Actor (Årets mannlige birolle) Trond Fausa |
| Best Cinematography (Årets foto) John Christian Rosenlund | |
| Best Sound Design (Årets lyddesign) |
RiverRun International Film Festival 2011
| Won Audience Choice Award |
Best Narrative Feature Bent Hamer |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Best Script - San Sebastian 2010 Toronto Int. Film Festival 2010 |
References
- "Home For Christmas (Hjem Til Jul)". Screen. Retrieved 22 June 2020.