Directed by:
Eva IsaksenScreenplay:
Axel HellsteniusCinematography:
Rolv HåanComposer:
Lars Lillo-StenbergCast:
Per Christian Ellefsen, Grete Nordrå, Helge Reiss, Ane Dahl Torp, Per Schaanning, Henriette Steenstrup, Pape Monsoriu, Christin Borge, Erland Bakker (more)Plots(1)
Elling has lived with his mother his entire life. He passes time in their apartment spying on his neighbour and feels no real need to associate with people in a more natural sense. His enthusiasm is therefore not exactly overwhelming when mother suddenly decides they are going on a package tour to Benidorm. But he agrees to join her - a mother needs a steady man at her side. What Elling refuses to see is that mother is not only old, she is also ill. Quite ill. On their last trip together she tries to help Elling realize that life is larger than the two-ness he knows from their apartment. (Nordisk Film Nor.)
(more)Cast
Per Christian Ellefsen
Norway
Best movies:
Elling (2001)
I Am Dina (2002)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Grete Nordrå
Norway
Best movies:
Nine Lives (1957)
Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert (2000)
The Greatest Thing (2001)
Helge Reiss
Norway
Best movies:
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
Mother's Elling (2003)
Ane Dahl Torp
Norway
Per Schaanning
Norway
Best movies:
The Art of Negative Thinking (2006)
Hawaii, Oslo (2004)
The Bothersome Man (2006)
Henriette Steenstrup
Norway
Best movies:
Aberdeen (2000)
Women in Oversized Men's Shirts (2015)
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)
Pape Monsoriu
Best movies:
The Hours of the Day (2003)
Mother's Elling (2003)
Christin Borge
Norway
Best movies:
Sons (2006)
House of Fools (2008)
Eva's Eye (1999)
Erland Bakker
Best movies:
Hawaii, Oslo (2004)
The King's Choice (2016)
Underdog (2014)
Lena Meieran
Best movies:
Mother's Elling (2003)
Magic Silver II (2011)
Àngels Aymar
Spain
Best movies:
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
Mother's Elling (2003)
Frank Capdet
Spain
Best movies:
Paco's Men (2005) (series)
The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
Mother's Elling (2003)
Egil Grasmo
Best movies:
Mother's Elling (2003)
Liv Johannson
Best movies:
Mother's Elling (2003)
Gabriel Martin
Best movies:
Mother's Elling (2003)
Thorbjørn Paulsen
Best movies:
Mother's Elling (2003)