Cold Lunch
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Directed by | |
Written by | Per Schreiner |
Starring | Ane Dahl Torp Pia Tjelta Aksel Hennie Bjørn Floberg Nicolai Cleve Broch Anneke von der Lippe |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
Cold Lunch (Norwegian: Lønsj) is a 2008 Norwegian drama film directed by , starring Ane Dahl Torp, Pia Tjelta and Aksel Hennie. It was Sørhaug's début as a director.[1]
Plot[]
The plot of Cold Lunch has multiple dramatic threads set off when Christer (Aksel Hennie) tries to stop a communal washing machine to retrieve rent money left in one of his pockets.
Removing a fuse from the building's main power supply sets in motion a number of events affecting the lives of residents in the building.
Reception[]
Reviewers were somewhat split in their assessment of the film. In a review for Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, Eirik Alver gave the movie a dice throw of five and called it thematically "recognizable".[2] Jon Selås of Verdens Gang gave it only three points, calling it a "uneven mix of ambitious, uncompromising will".[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Jon, Selås (31 January 2008). "Ordinær sosial ekstremsport". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Alver, Eirik (31 January 2008). "Lønsj-treff". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links[]
- Cold Lunch at IMDb
- Cold Lunch at Filmweb.no (in Norwegian)
- Cold Lunch at the Norwegian Film Institute
- 2008 films
- Norwegian-language films
- 2008 drama films
- Norwegian films
- Norwegian drama films
- 2008 directorial debut films
- Norwegian film stubs