Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
Writing
Dialogue so dry it'll chap your lips.
Acting
Pål Sverre Hagen's magnificent dead-eyed resignation.
Production
Karmack: a town so bleak it deserves its own tourism board.
Director
Bent Hamer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bent Hamer adapted this from a 2007 Canadian novel, transplanting North American economic anxiety through a distinctly Norwegian deadpan lens.
The fictional town of Karmack was filmed in Ontario, with locals recruited as extras—some reportedly found their own hometown's portrayal 'a little too accurate.'
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