O' Horten

Living alone and decidedly frugal, Odd (that's his name) is a man of restraint and kindness. He dutifully visits his elderly and senile mother and is a Good Samaritan. Sometimes his goodness gets him into misadventures, most comically when he rescues an inebriated burgher from the streets and ends up on a blind-drive through icy Oslo.

In filmmaker Bent Hamer's (who most recently adapted Charles Bukowski's Factotum) film, we see the conflicts that a man who has lived by a strict schedule and life of discipline faces when he is confronted by the freedom of retirement. In Odd's case, retirement is a dubious gift and a sharp challenge: Adaptation is not easy. In this big-small story, we appreciate that Odd is on a personal quest more harrowing and acute than faced by the common superhero. In short, he must overcome his old ways and re-shape himself. [Source: Hollywood Reporter]

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