Salmer fra kjøkkenet

Jan 17 2003 PG 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

Plot

In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent number of miles as the distance between Stockholm and Congo, while preparing her family meals. So the Home Research Institute sent out eighteen observers to a rural district of Norway to map out the kitchen routines of single men. The researchers were on twenty-four-hour call, and sat in special strategically placed chairs in each kitchen. Furthermore, under no circumstances were the researchers to be spoken to, or included in the kitchen activities.

Written by

Bent Hamer, Jörgen Bergmark

Directed by

Bent Hamer

Cast

Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg

Crew

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Production Countries

Norway, Sweden

Production Companies

Svenska Filminstitutet, BOB Film Sweden, Bulbul Films

Languages

Norsk, svenska

Awards

8 wins & 6 nominations

Trailers
Kitchen Stories
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