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Man Who Loved Yngve (The)

Country: Norway, Language: Norwegian, 90 mins

Original Title

Mannen Som Elsket Yngve
  • Director: Stian Kristiansen
  • Writer: Tore Renberg
  • Producer: Sigve Endresen; Brede Hovland

CGiii Comment

Beautifully observed...with a comical eye.

Beautifully filmed and touchingly acted.

This is a sort of coming out teen drama devoid of the overwrought angst and the anxiety that most films of this ilk portray.

In fact, it's not a big deal - it's an unfolding, a gentle realisation.

It lulls you into a false sense of security - the well-adjusted teens aren't that well-adjusted...a reflection on the adults around them.

It is a deeply moving film that will linger for a long time...simply because of its appreciated originality.

Damn fine work.


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The(ir) Blurb...

It's November 1989, and the Berlin Wall is falling. In Stavanger, Norway, teenage boy Jarle has a great new girlfriend and is starting a rock band with his buddies. But when a new boy, the synth pop-listening Yngve, joins his class, Jarle is more fascinated than he wants to be, and the world as he knows it starts to crumble.

Cast & Characters

Rolf Kristian Larsen as Jarle Klepp;
Arthur Berning as Helge Ombo;
Ida Elise Broch as Cathrine Halsnes;
Ole Christoffer Ertvåg as Yngve Lima;
Jørgen Langhelle as Terje Orheim - Jarles far;
Trine Wiggen as Sara Klepp - Jarles mor;
Knut Sverdrup Kleppestø as Andreas;
Andreas Cappelen as Naturfaglærer;
Vegar Hoel as Johannes Svensen;
Mari Langfeldt as Høyre-Anita;
Erlend Stene as Oljeungen;
Lasse Holdhus as Rulle;
Marko Iversen Kanic as Stegasen;
Kristoffer Joner as Frisør Tom;
Stian Aase as Liten gutt på Storhaug