Kitchen Stories

• 6.995 Drama
• 2003-09-19
• 95 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Joachim Calmeyer (Isak Bjørvik) Tomas Norström (Folke Nilsson) Bjørn Floberg (Grant) Reine Brynolfsson (Malmberg) Sverre Anker Ousdal (Dr. Jack Zac. Benjaminsen) Jan Gunnar Røise (Vaktmesterassistent) Leif Andrée (Dr. Ljungberg) Lennart Jähkel (Green)

Director:

Bent Hamer

Writer:

Jörgen Bergmark Bent Hamer