Dimwitted, somewhat misanthropic Oslo mail carrier Roy's quiet life changes dramatically on the day he steals a set of keys and lets himself into the apartment of a deaf woman who seems to be in trouble with a psychotic criminal. Though he doesn't know it at the time, his and her fate are about to intertwine and this is not going to be to his benefit.
Acting
Skjærstad's pathetic everyman energy is physically painful
Direction
Sletaune's claustrophobic Oslo is its own character
Writing
Disaster unfolds with cruel mathematical precision
Director
Pål Sletaune
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 90s 'Nordic Wave' that gave us The Celebration and Insomnia — Norway's brief moment of internationally relevant cinema before the world forgot again.
Director Pål Sletaune made his Hollywood remake dream with The Call with Halle Berry, which absolutely nobody remembers. This, his debut, remains his actual good movie.
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