Odd Little Man (2000)

Original title

Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert

Directed by

Stein Leikanger

Genre

comedy film

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

A

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on his childhood in Norway with a mix of humor and fondness. The film is based on a memoir about growing up and the small adventures that shaped him.

whimsicallightheartednostalgicplayfulquirkygentledown-to-earth

What happens

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. 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 in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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