Director:
Hans Petter Moland
Run Time: 107 minutes
Country: NORWAY
Year: 2010
Hans Petter Moland
Run Time: 107 minutes
Country: NORWAY
Year: 2010
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A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann)
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Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man, as ex-convicts go. Having just served 12 years for a killing, he runs right from the prison gates into the arms of his old crime boss Jensen, who wants payback for getting monthly checks to Ulrik’s ex-wife and son while he was away. In fact, Jensen insists that Ulrik bump off the guy who sent him to jail. But Ulrik’s had enough of killing for now. He takes a job as a mechanic with a loquacious garage owner and finds a crummy apartment with a troll of a landlady. He tries to reconcile with his grown son and his son’s girlfriend, who are about to have a baby. He serves as protector and bedmate to a young woman who works in the garage. He takes flowers and candy to his boss in the hospital. But meanwhile, Jensen is closing in and it doesn’t look like he’ll cut Ulrik any slack. Brilliant international actor Stellan Skarsgård (“The Hunt for Red October,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Dogville,” “Pirates of the Caribbean”) embodies the taciturn Ulrik, whose glum disposition brightens perceptibly as new opportunities present themselves in A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN. (In Norwegian with subtitles) –B.B.
Community Partner
| Producer | Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae |
| Screenplay | Kim Fupz Aakeson |
| Cinematography | Philip Øgaard |
| Editing | Jens Christian Fodstad |
| Principal Cast | Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold |
| Director Bio | Hans Petter Moland has been described as the “Ridley Scott of Norway” for being a prolific director of commercials, winning all the major advertising awards. He is a graduate of the film program at Emerson College in Boston. |
| Select Filmography | “The Last Lieutenant” (1993), “Zero Kelvin” (1995), “Aberdeen” (2000), “The Beautiful Country” (2004), A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN (2010) |
| Print Source |
Strand Releasing strand@strandreleasing.com www.strandreleasing.com |
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