2006

THE BOTHERSOME MAN - dir. JENS LIEN (A MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION)

Synopsis: Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. Hi is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. As he explores his new surroundings, Andreas realizes he has arrived in his after-life and must escape.

Original title: Den bryesomme mann
English title: The Bothersome Man
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Language: Norwegian

Director: Jens Lien
Scriptwriter: Per Schaanning
Main cast: Trond Fausa Aurvag, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning, Birgitte Larsen, Johannes Joner
Editor: Vidar Flataukan
Cinematographer: John Christian Rosenlund
Sound design: Christian Schaanning
Music: Ginge
Producer(s): Jörgen Storm Rosenberg
Co-producer(s): Júlíus Kemp, Ingvar Thórdarson
Production company: Tordenfilm AS
Co-production company: Icelandic Film Company, www.kisi.is
International sales & distribution: Bavaria Film International, tel: +49 8964 992686, fax: +49 8964 993720, www.bavaria-film-international.de
Festival rights: Norwegian Film Institute
Website: www.nfi.no/film/thebothersomeman

Country: Norwegian
Sound: Dolby SRD
Length: 95 min.
Screening format: 35mm colour
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1,85
International Premiere date and year: 20th of May 2006

Awards
2006 Cannes International Film Festival: ACID Prize in Critics' Week
2006 European Film Festival of Brussels: BeTV Prize of Best Film
5.000? in form of distribution support
2006 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival: H.R. Giger Award "Narcisse" for Best Movie
2006 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival: Méliès d'argent for the Best full length European Film
2006 International Film Festival Arsenals: FIRPRESCI Award
2006 Athens International Film Festival: Best Director Award
2006 Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya: Best Production Design to Are Sjaastad
2006 Hamptons International Film Festival: Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Film Award
2006 Hamptons International Film Festival: Kodak Award for Best Cinematography John Christian Rosenlund for his cinematography in THE BOTHERSOME MAN
2006 Festival Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, Canada: Jury's Special Mention
2006 Festival Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, Canada: The AQCC (Association Québécoise des Critiques de Cinéma) Award
2006 Utopiales de Nantes, France: price of the jury
2007 Göteborg International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award
2007 Festival du film fantastique Gérardmer: Grand Prix
2007 Festival du film fantastique de Gerardmer, France: International Press Award
2007 Festival du film fantastique de Gerardmer, France: Sci-fi Award
2007 Festival du film fantastique de Gerardmer, France: Youth Jury Award
2007 Fantasporto, Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto: Special Mention of the Jury
2007 Cinequest Film Festival: Maverick Spirit Award
2007 Nordic Film Festival, Rouen: Young European Jury Award
2007 Norwegian Film Ciritcs' Award:
2007 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival: Main Prize: Black Tulip Award
2007 Kosmorama, Trondheim: Best Cinematography to John Christian Rosenlund
2007 Kosmorama, Trondheim: Best Innovative Achievement: Set designer Are Sjaastad and cinematographer John Christian Rosenlund for the visual universe
2007 Kosmorama, Trondheim: Best Lead Role to Trond Fausa Aurvåg
2007 Kosmorama, Trondheim: Best Original Screenplay to Per Schreiner

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