Elling

March. 16,2001      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

Per Christian Ellefsen as  Elling
Sven Nordin as  Kjell Bjarne
Jørgen Langhelle as  Frank Åsli
Per Christensen as  Alfons Jørgensen
Hilde Olausson as  Gunn
Ola Otnes as  Hauger
Eli Anne Linnestad as  Johanne
Cecilie A. Mosli as  Cecilie Kornes
Per Gørvell as  Eriksen

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