The Bothersome Man

The Bothersome Man (2006)

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Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

Date of release
2006-05-26
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (281)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director
Jens Lien

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $379.3K
  • Filmed in: Iceland

The Bothersome Man is a 2006 Norwegian film. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Per H.V. Schreiner. The film stars Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker and Per Schaanning. The story is about a man suddenly finding himself in an outwardly perfect, yet empty and unfulfilling dystopia, and his attempt to escape. The film was well received by critics, and was awarded three Amanda Awards in 2006.

Production

The story for the film was originally written for radio theatre, two years before it was adapted for the screen. Director Jens Lien tells that he was very affected by Schreiner's script, and that the first time he read it he was unable to sleep. Schreiner and Lien had earlier collaborated on short films, but this was the first feature-length film which they created together.

The "lovely music" in the basement is actually a recording made for thereminvox.com by theremin veteran Howard Mossman, who remains uncredited.

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