Odd Horten
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O' Horten is a 2007 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film written and directed by Bent Hamer. The film's title character Odd Horten is a habit-bound train driver, who is about to retire. On the day of his retirement he ends up in an unexpected situation, and is forced to reconsider his life.
Dec 26, 2007 · O'Horten: Directed by Bent Hamer. With Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan. A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
- (4K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Bent Hamer
- 2007-12-26
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- Bent Hamer
- PG-13
- 16
At the age of 67, Odd Horten (Baard Owe) is forced to retire from his longtime job as a train engineer. Having lived nearly his whole adult life in the shadow of the railyard, he finds it ...
- (85)
- Bent Hamer
- PG-13
- Baard Owe
Overview. Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another.
Jun 3, 2009 · O'Horten is a quiet, reflective man, a pipe-smoker, who lives alone but is not lonely and sets his life by the railroad timetable. He is baffled by retirement. He's not sure when he should be anywhere. After the retirement party thrown by his fellow engineers, who sing him a choo-choo-choo woo-woo-woo song, he is uncertain.
Horten has been forced to retire after 40 years of traveling a very stable rail, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore. His orderly, solitary existence is about to give way to a future of unlikely adventures and puzzling dilemmas: will Horten ever travel by plane?
