Fatso (2008 film)

Fatso
Directed by Arild Fröhlich
Produced by Jim Frazee, Mads Peter Ole Olsen
Written by Arild Fröhlich, Lars Gudmestad
Based on Fatso
by Lars Ramslie
Starring
  • Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
  • Josefin Ljungman
  • Kyrre Hellum
  • Jenny Skavlan
Music by Kåre Vestrheim
Cinematography Askild Edvardsen
Edited by Vidar Flataukan
Running time
 91 minutes
Country Norway
Language Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

Fatso is a 2008 Norwegian film directed and co-written by Arild Fröhlich.[1] [2]

Plot

Luca Lucchesi is a single man who lives in his late grandmother's house. He keeps himself busy by translating instruction manuals from German into his native Norwegian. He occasionally phones his German clients to tell them "Ya gotta Eat", but apart from that his social contacts are reduced to a friendship with a show-off named Fillip who patronises him. Rino is very attracted to a till girl but each time he sees her in the supermarket he is dumbstruck and breaks into sweat. He expresses his fears by secretly drawing kafkaesque comix which are accessible for the film audience. One day after a night of watching porn and consuming plenty of convenience food he learns that his father has rented out a room to female foreigner. When the woman arrives,she explains to him she was from Sweden and intended to start over again in Norway. He doesn't ask why but he gets that information anyway when he eventually finds her helplessly drunk on the stairs to their flat. She tells him she had fallen in love with a family man who had returned to the mother of his children and she had hereby just repeated her big mistake. Next morning she sees him masturbating and later she even finds his comix. But when she leaves he has learnt enough from her to talk to his true love, the till girl, and ask her out successfully.

Reception

Fatso received mixed reviews. The film was described as "well done"[3] It has been stated that Fatso was "still enjoyable in all its oddness" [4] and that there were even "laughs to be had within all that hesitation"[5] But while "played for laughs" there was also a "brutal honesty" that would never be shown in a Hollywood film.[6] One critic called Fatso's friendship with Fillip "both hilarious and sad" and added there were "direct and truthful" metaphors".[7] Arild Fröhlich found appreciation as a "cool realist" who provided a "nontraditional" ending.[8] It has been said Fatso was "the most unromantic comedy of all times" [9] On the other hand the film was blamed for certain scenes which were "unnecessary and over the line".[10] Other critics found Fatso "too mean spirited to be truly funny"[11] or even "disgusting".[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Fatso (Knullegut)". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Fatso (2008)". www.euromovies.me. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Rich". "Fatso (Norway)". randomwalkthroughfilm.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Shaft" (2012-02-29). "Fatso". coolawesomemovies.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  5. ↑ Seaver, Jay (2010-07-27). "Fatso (2008)". efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  6. ↑ Pragasam, Andrew (2010-09-24). "Fantastic Fest 2010: Fatso Review". www.ugo.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  7. ↑ "Fatso". boxofflicks.com. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  8. ↑ Duff, Emmet (2010-10-05). "Fatso". soundonsight.org. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  9. ↑ "Fatso - Und wovon träumst du?". mubi.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  10. ↑ "Fatso - Movie Review". henrikreviews.blogspot.de. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  11. ↑ "Fantastic Fest Reviews: 'Fatso,' 'A Somewhat Gentle Man,' 'Rare Exports'". news.moviefone.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  12. ↑ Hunter, Rob (2012-07-10). "Pick of the Week". henrikreviews.blogspot.de. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

Awards

The film won the Best Director award at the 2009 Amanda Awards.

External links

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