Bent Hamer
Date of Birth: 18 Dec 1956
Country: Norway
Biography: Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.
Total Credits at Criticker: 8 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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In the early '50s the Home Research Institute in Sweden sends 18 observers to the rural district of Landstad, Norway, with its surplus of bachelors, to study the kitchen routines of single men. (IFC Films)
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Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski, Factotum is the story of a man living on the edge; a writer who risks everything, tries anything, and finds poetry in life's pleasure and pain. (IFC Films)
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Two brothers in their seventies, Pa and Moe, have lived together all their lives in a little house in the country, the only interruption being when Pa made a weekend trip to Småland on his moped during the second World War. The past returns when his adult son dating from his Swedish visit, Konrad, comes to live with them after his mother has fallen ill. Soon Moe is about to discover that three is indeed a crowd... (imdb)
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The moment the train leaves the station without train driver Odd Horten aboard, he realizes that the path ahead is a journey without printed timetables and well-known stations. Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore.
With death as a metphor, the film draws a melancholy and humorous portrait of an aging man in situations most people probably will not get into, but hopefully will recognize. (Norwegian Film Institute)
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When a novice Norwegian sailor, Almar, dives into the sparkling blue waters to retrieve his gold watch, he has no idea what the consequences of repairing the watch will be. Almar finds himself stranded in a Spanish port in Galacia, waiting for the watch, which has great sentimental value. (nfi.no)
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The film looks at those who are desperately trying to connect or reconnect with their families, friends, or anyone who will listen. (imdb)
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When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. (imdb)
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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. (imdb)
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