Cold Lunch

Cold Lunch
Directed byEva Sørhaug
Written byPer Schreiner
StarringAne Dahl Torp
Pia Tjelta
Aksel Hennie
Bjørn Floberg
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Anneke von der Lippe
Release date
  • 1 February 2008 (2008-02-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Cold Lunch (Norwegian: Lønsj) is a 2008 Norwegian drama film directed by Eva Sørhaug, starring Ane Dahl Torp, Pia Tjelta and Aksel Hennie. It was Sørhaug's début as a director.[1]

Plot

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The plot of Cold Lunch has multiple dramatic threads set off when Christer (Aksel Hennie) tries to stop a communal washing machine to retrieve rent money left in one of his pockets.

Removing a fuse from the building's main power supply sets in motion a number of events affecting the lives of residents in the building.

Reception

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Reviewers were somewhat split in their assessment of the film. In a review for Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, Eirik Alver gave the movie a "die throw" of five and called it thematically "recognizable".[2] Jon Selås of Verdens Gang gave it only three points, calling it a "uneven mix of ambitious, uncompromising will".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jon, Selås (31 January 2008). "Ordinær sosial ekstremsport". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ^ Alver, Eirik (31 January 2008). "Lønsj-treff". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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