Best friends David and Morten work as gym instructors at Jarle's gym. Jarle is a sadistic small-time criminal whom, together with his son Lars, purchase and distribute anabolic steroids.
Acting
Hennie's physicality—every suppressed emotion lives in his shoulders.
Direction
Debut feature with zero vanity, just raw observational precision.
Practical Effects
Actual Oslo gym, actual gym rats, actual unease you can't fake.
Director
Aksel Hennie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aksel Hennie made this for pennies after film school rejections, then became Norway's biggest star. The hustle is real.
The title refers to the card game—last one standing loses. David's isolation is the tragedy, not his circumstances.
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