Director: Bent Hamer – Sandefjord Sheet

  Movie

 “1001 grams”

Director: Bent Hamer

  Starring: Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker, Stein Winge et al.

 

The comical in Bent Hamer’s latest film “1001 grams” is still there, but the laughter sits not as fixed as in previous files. Just okay, because he with this film gives us more room for contemplation than before.

That someone dragging a tape measure down the landing slope in a ski jump seen here apparently quite normal. It is also, however, in Hamer is the parameters to be controlled so that no promoter, or jumper, or his coach, not to cheat at length. The same is with liters you get at the gas station, or anything else you can buy in volume or weight. It must be checked. When these sequences are added consecutively occurs comedy quietly.

The parallel to scenes from the kitchen of “Kitchen Stories” is close, but here it metrology, and not a scientific survey of work pattern in a kitchen, forming the foundation. We follow the deadpan Marie (Ane Dahl Torp). What gravity is due; work, or any other lot in life, is not immediately clear. The clear, scientific, and Hamers case detailed, the control measurement of the Norwegian kilo. The original from 1889 is in Paris, where representatives from many countries come together each with its respective weight.

And there are seminars scenes from Paris the quiet but close ingenious humor Hamer, especially going expression. The humor does not necessarily laugh out loud, but that lasts long after the movie ends.

Marie works with his father (played by Stein Winge). She must leave the seminary when his father becomes ill. It also gives her an opportunity to get away from their own problems. In Paris, she finds not only the peace, but also a budding love.

Hamer Hamer had not been not Metrology and measurement control means something far more beyond themselves. Here are the metaphors for what life and life’s constituents actually weighs. Or as Marie’s ill father says, “It’s time to put their lives on the scales.”

This is also where the film without seeming intrusive, allowing for a reflection that lasts.

If you Bent Hamer universe, will also be his last film. Although it is charming with a direct link to Sandefjord, in the form of a small supporting role to Gunnar Strøm as templates hanging outside the Eiffel Tower, it may seem somewhat superfluous. With this small exception, it is in my opinion, very little criticism of Norway’s candidate for the Oscar statuette.

 In contrast to the great mass of Norwegian films are exquisite and clear sound. The same photo and games.

Ane Dahl Torp, which is largely involved in all stages, making otherwise an outstanding achievement in Bent Hamer’s subtle universe.