Rino 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 and sometimes receives unannounced odd visits by his father, 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]Fatso was said to be "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]
fatso, 2008, film, fatso, 2008, norwegian, film, directed, written, arild, fröhlich, fatsodirected, byarild, fröhlichwritten, byarild, fröhlich, lars, gudmestadbased, onfatsoby, lars, ramslieproduced, byjim, frazee, mads, peter, olsenstarringnils, jørgen, kaal. Fatso is a 2008 Norwegian film directed and co written by Arild Frohlich 1 2 FatsoDirected byArild FrohlichWritten byArild Frohlich Lars GudmestadBased onFatsoby Lars RamslieProduced byJim Frazee Mads Peter Ole OlsenStarringNils Jorgen Kaalstad Josefin Ljungman Kyrre Hellum Jenny SkavlanCinematographyAskild EdvardsenEdited byVidar FlataukanMusic byKare VestrheimRunning time91 minutesCountryNorwayLanguagesNorwegian Swedish Danish Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References 4 Awards 5 External linksPlot EditRino 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 and sometimes receives unannounced odd visits by his father 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 EditFatso 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 Frohlich found appreciation as a cool realist who provided a nontraditional ending 8 Fatso was said to be 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 Edit Fatso Knullegut cineuropa org Retrieved 2013 07 17 Fatso 2008 www euromovies me 2010 05 16 Archived from the original on 2013 12 20 Retrieved 2013 07 17 Rich Fatso Norway randomwalkthroughfilm com Retrieved 2013 08 15 Shaft 2012 02 29 Fatso coolawesomemovies com Retrieved 2013 08 15 Seaver Jay 2010 07 27 Fatso 2008 efilmcritic com Retrieved 2013 08 15 Pragasam Andrew 2010 09 24 Fantastic Fest 2010 Fatso Review www ugo com Archived from the original on 2013 12 21 Retrieved 2013 07 17 Fatso boxofflicks com 2008 10 24 Archived from the original on 2013 08 16 Retrieved 2013 07 17 Duff Emmet 2010 10 05 Fatso soundonsight org Retrieved 2013 07 17 Fatso Und wovon traumst du mubi com Archived from the original on 2013 12 20 Retrieved 2013 08 15 Fatso Movie Review henrikreviews blogspot de 2012 11 05 Retrieved 2013 07 17 Fantastic Fest Reviews Fatso A Somewhat Gentle Man Rare Exports news moviefone com Retrieved 2013 07 17 Hunter Rob 2012 07 10 Pick of the Week henrikreviews blogspot de Retrieved 2013 07 17 Awards EditThe film won the Best Director award at the 2009 Amanda Awards External links EditFatso at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fatso 2008 film amp oldid 1101133806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
