Elling
2001 · 1h 29m · Comedy, Drama · Norway · Rated R (US)
They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
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based on novel or bookloss of virginitymale friendshipmale virginmentally disabledneuroticoslo, norwaypoetry reading
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