Kitchen Stories
a BENT HAMER picture
Synopsis
During the post-war period, a group of Swedish observers from the Home Research Institute completed a study which revealed that the distance travelled on foot during a normal year in the kitchen is equal to that between Sweden and the Republic of Congo, but if the design of a kitchen follows an assembly line layout then one need only walk to Northern Italy. After such success, the institute descends upon a small Norwegian village with its surplus of bachelors to study the kitchen routines of single men. A humorous fable of friendship and the timeless human desire to escape classification.
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Press
"Bent Hamer’s wry, uninflected deadpan social comedy points as straight and true as a compass fixed on magnetic north."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The performances are a joy, especially once the duo begin to revel in their minor acts of rebellion."
THE RADIO TIMES
"This is wonderfully warm hearted and entertaining cinema from one of Norway’s most distinctive talents. Striking camerawork and design, pitch-perfect playing and writer/director Hamer’s acute eye for the revealing detail all add up to a pantry full of enjoyment and often absurdist subversion."
TIME OUT
"A cult hit…it seems like an absurd premise, but Kitchen Stories is rooted in fact."
THE GUARDIAN
"Bent Hamer is able to draw a sly bittersweet comedy out of this unlikely premise—and to create a highly likable, absurdist film that’s cinematic in the best sense."
INDIEWIRE
Festivals
& Awards
Cannes IFF
Directors’ Fortnight
Europa Cinemas Prize, Regard Jeune Prize
Toronto International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festivalk
Copenhagen International Film Festival
Best Director
European Film Awards
Nominated Audience Award
São Paulo International Film Festival
International Jury Award Best Director
Tromsø International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
Valladolid International Film Festival
Best Photography
Amanda Awards, Norway
Best Film
Ghent International Film Festival
Best Screenplay
Lübeck Nordic Film Days
Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film
Haugesund Film Festival
Best Film
Cinessonne Paris
Student Prize
Flanders Film Festival
Best Screenplay
Cast & Crew
| Joachim Calmeyer | |
|---|---|
| Tomas Norström | |
| Bjørn Floberg | |
| Reine Brynolfsson | |
| Sverre Anker Ousdal | |
| Lennart Jähkel | |
| Leif Andrée | |
| Gard B. Eidsvold |
| Director | Bent Hamer |
|---|---|
| Scriptwriter | Bent Hamer |
| Producer | Bent Hamer |
| Co-producer | Jörgen Bergmark |
| Line Producer | Arve Figenschow |
| Cinematographer | Philip Øgaard |
| Editor | Pål Gengenbach |
| Sound | Morten Solum |
| Music | Hans Morhisen |
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