Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
France has sent The Class as their entry to the Oscars. The foreign language category also got three other films, one is the Bent Hamer’s O Horten from Norway and another is the Indian hopeful Taare Zameen Par directed by debutant director and actor Aamir Khan. The Class which won the Palm d’Or at Cannes is surely one of the strongest contenders this year. It is adapted from Francois Begaudeau’s novel;...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Film News: Hamer film picked for Oscars -- Bent Hamer’s “O’Horten” has been named Norway’s entry in the foreign-language film Oscar race.
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Retirement is the new adolescence in Bent Hamer's O'HORTEN.
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Following my screening of Flame and Citron, I caught Bent Hamer's O'Horten, an amusing drama about the life of a train engineer from Norway after he retires. Bård Owe charmingly embodies a lonely conductor who has driven a train through the snowy mountains of Norway for over 40 years. When he finally retires, and misses his last train due to a faulty door at a friend's apartment, he spends his next...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Film News: Film to have North American bow at Toronto -- Sony Pictures Classics nabbed domestic rights to Norwegian helmer Bent Hamer’s drama “O’Horten,” which preemed this year Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
"The 'O' stands for Odd, which is a Norwegian male first name. And, in the most affectionate sense, this film is 'odd,'" writes Duane Byrge in the Hollywood Reporter. "It's also outstanding." "Bent Hamer's unique blend of absurdist humour...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Film Reviews: Norwegian writer-helmer Bent Hamer's fifth feature, tragicomedy "O'Horten," returns to the domestic landscapes, offbeat humanism and stylistic quirks of his earlier work.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
Film News: Film won four awards at Tromso Festival -- Helmer Bent Hamer's "O'Horten" has been named best Norwegian film of 2007 by the Norwegian Film Critics Assn.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Film News: Critics honor director for third time -- Helmer Bent Hamer’s “O’Horten” has been named best Norwegian film of 2007 by the Norwegian Film Critics’ Association.
