Kirsten Sørlie

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.

17 year old Gunnar Holm has been missing since Monday.

Bitten and Ola seeks out the priest who married them in order to get mediated before they file for a divorce. As they recount the history of their marriage, it becomes clear that the two has differing opinions of what caused their dissension.

Based on the novel by Alexander Kielland.

The film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund. Per Haug, a temporary worker, bachelor, amateur painter and leader of the political opposition in the city council, lives there. One day he rushes home from a turbulent city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen.

1946 Norwegian film.

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