Home For Christmas

– Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Chri..

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Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
Original Name:
Hjem til jul
Home for Christmas (2010) - Also known as Hjem til jul

Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.

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Home for Christmas (2010) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Nov 2010

Language:

Norwegian, English, Serbian, French

Director:

Bent Hamer

Writer:

Bent Hamer, Levi Henriksen (contributing writer)

Main Actors:

Nina Andresen Borud, Arianit Berisha, Joachim Calmeyer, Trond Fausa

Plot:

Following a prologue set in war-torn former Yugoslavia, the film follows several different Christmas celebrations in the small Norwegian town of Skogli. Paul is a thirty-three-year-old laborer who marches into his doctor's office demanding a prescription, then proceeds to lay bare all his woes. The doctor is beleaguered by his own marital and financial difficulties (he's left his upset wife to work emergency calls on Christmas Eve). There's also an elderly man preparing an esoteric ritual, a vagrant who runs into an old flame, a middle-aged couple in the throes of passion, a boy hopelessly in love with his Muslim neighbor and a young émigré couple whose car breaks down as the woman goes into labor.

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations.

Production:

Unknown

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10