Welcome to Norway

Local title
Tere tulemast Norrasse
Title in Russian
Добро пожаловать в Норвегию
Original title
Welcome to Norway
Director
Rune Denstad Langlo
Country
Norway
Year
2016
Programme
PÖFF picks

Deep in the north of Norway, Primus, a jovial loudmouth with a penchant for xenophobic banter, is the third generation to run what looks more like a building site than a should-be hotel – and he does not have any money left to finish the project. To cover the renovation costs, Primus comes up with an idea: he decides to convert the hotel into a refugee accommodation and to compel the state to foot the bill. Fifty freezing refugees, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration and a depressed wife quickly become more than he can handle. As luck would have it, however, there is an intelligent, warm-hearted Eritrean polyglot present, Abedi, who lends him a hand.

Director Rune Denstad Langlo tackles a burning issue with a fantastic sense of Nordic humour: what begins as a mere means to solving Primus’ financial problems results in much more as the hotel owner did not anticipate the volatile human factor.

Director
Rune Denstad Langlo
Screenwriter
Rune Denstad Langlo
Cast
Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Olivier Mukuta, Slimane Dazi, Henriette Steenstrup, Renate Reinsve
Producer
Sigve Endresen
DoP
Philip Øgaard
Editor
Vidar Flataukan
Composer
Ola Kvernberg
Production
Motlys Film og TV Produksjon A.S.
Runtime
Language
Norwegian, English
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Zurich, Helsinki, Seattle, Göteborg, PÖFF, Tartuff