''Home for Christmas'' ( no, Hjem til jul) is a 2010 Norwegian

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directed by

Bent Hamer Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956. Biography Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his f ...

. “Home for Christmas” is based on a selection of short stories from the Norwegian author Levi Henriksen's collection, ”Only Soft Presents Under the Tree”. These stories, which now and then intersect with each other, all take place in Henriksen's fictitious small town of Skogli, over a couple of hours on Christmas Eve.

Storyline

Following a prologue set in war-torn former Yugoslavia, the film follows several different Christmas celebrations in the small Norwegian town of Skogli. Paul is a thirty-three-year-old laborer who marches into his doctor's office demanding a prescription, then proceeds to lay bare all his woes. The doctor is beleaguered by his own marital and financial difficulties (he's left his upset wife to work emergency calls on Christmas Eve). There's also an elderly man preparing an esoteric ritual, a vagrant who runs into an old flame, a middle-aged couple in the throes of passion, a boy hopelessly in love with his Muslim neighbor, and a young émigré couple whose car breaks down as the woman goes into labor.

Cast

Nina Andresen Borud Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms * National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq *Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology * No income, ...

as Karin * Arianit Berisha as Goran * Joachim Calmeyer as Simon * Trond Fausa as Paul *

Levi Henriksen Levi Henriksen (born 15 May 1964) is a Norwegian novelist, short story writer and singer-songwriter. Career When his first short story collection ''Feber'' was published in 2002, Henriksen immediately captured the public's imagination with his ...

* Cecile Mosli as Elise * Igor Necemer as Serb * Tomas Norström as Kristen * Kai Remlov * Morten Ilseng Risnes as Thomas * Sarah Bintu Sakor as Bintu *

Isaka Sawadogo Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film ''Diego Star'', for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra ...

as Bintu's father * Kristine Rui Slettebakken as Tone * Nadja Soukup as Goran's mother * Kyrre Haugen Sydness as Hroar *

Fridtjov Såheim Fridtjov Såheim (born 2 July 1968) is a Norwegian stage director, stage actor and film actor. He has worked for the theatres Den Nationale Scene, Rogaland Teater and Nationaltheatret. Among his characters is the title role in ''Woyzeck'', and t ...

as Knut *

Reidar Sørensen Reidar Sørensen (born 11 April 1956) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Hemnesberget. He has worked at various theatres, including Trøndelag Teater, Det Norske Teatret, Riksteatret, Nordland Teater and Agder Teater. He was given the Amanda ...

as Jordan *

Nina Zanjani ''Nina'' Nasr Zanjani ( fa, نینا زنجانی, born 1 September 1981 in Tehran, Iran) is an Swedish Iranians, Iranian-Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut ''Mind the Gap (2007 film), Mi ...

as Albanian woman * Ingunn Beate Øyen as Johanne Jakobsen

Soundtracks

Music

by John Erik Kaada

Silent Night (in thai language)

sung by Songsit Ohm Lertsethtakarn - lyrical tenor text in thai language by Songsit Ohm Lertsethtakarn

Home for Christmas (in English)

written and sung by Maria Mena

Award

Amanda Awards, Norway 2011

RiverRun International Film Festival 2011

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010s Norwegian-language films Films directed by Bent Hamer Films scored by John Erik Kaada Norwegian Christmas films 2010s Christmas comedy-drama films Norwegian comedy-drama films {{Christmas-film-stub