The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

Original title

Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann

Directed by

Felix Herngren

Genre

black comedy, comedy film, adventure film, tragicomedy, adventure

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 1,020 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man escapes from his nursing home on his hundredth birthday and goes on a chaotic adventure. He gets tangled up with criminals, a suitcase of money, and a series of flashbacks to his eccentric past.

lightheartedwhimsicalquirkyfast-pacedadventurouscomedicunexpectedsilly

What happens

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Swedish: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann), also known as The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, is a 2013 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by Felix Herngren based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Jonas Jonasson. The film was screened in the Berlinale Special Gala section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was released in more than 40 countries and grossed more than US$50 million, making it the third highest grossing Swedish film of all time, only beaten by The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 88th Academy Awards. A sequel, titled The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, was released in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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