''Odd Little Man'' (Norwegian title: ''Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert'') is a Norwegian family movie from 2000, directed by Stein Leikanger, based on one of the biographic memoirs of

Odd Børretzen Odd Lunde Børretzen (21 November 1926 – 3 November 2012) was a Norwegian author, illustrator, translator, and one of the most significant text writers, folk singers and artists in Norway. Biography Børretzen was born in Fister in th ...

. The title of the movie is a Norwegian pun: the first part of the Norwegian title means "When I met Jesus", and the second part means "...with a slingshot", thus changing the meaning of the title to "When I ''hit'' Jesus ... with a slingshot", as the word 'traff' can mean 'hit' or 'met' depending on the context. The English titles makes use of the coincidence that Børretzen's Norwegian first name has another meaning in English. This movie was a critical failure but became the Norwegian entry to the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

in 2001.

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* 2000 films Norwegian comedy films 2000s Norwegian-language films Films based on biographies Films scored by Randall Meyers {{Norway-film-stub