Benign world: Trond Fausa Aurvåg in The Bothersome Man
10 April 2012
Deadpan, tidily made Norwegian comedy by Jens Lien about a man who finds himself in a bland, essentially benign world without taste, art, children or overt emotion, and then discovers he can't even commit suicide.
Is he dead, dreaming, or just living in orderly, boring Norway? My money's on the latter.
The film tails off towards the end but Trond Fausa Aurvåg's baffled performance is highly watchable.
The Bothersome Man (Den Brysomme Mannen)
Cert: NC
