A standout during Critic's Week at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Norwegian director Jens Lien's feature is an absurdly funny dystopian allegory that can proudly hold its own next to Truffaut's FAHRENHEIT 451 and Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL.
With his rumpled suit, unkempt beard and baseball cap pulled down low over his eyes, Andreas Ramsfjellf (Trond Fausa Aurvaag) steps off an otherwise empty motor coach at dilapidated service station in the middle of nowhere. He's greeted by a stranger who, its clear from the "Welcome" banner he's strung up, has been expecting him. The stranger drives Andreas past the outskirts of the dry, rocky terrain and into a lush, green ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins