Kitchen Stories

Salmer fra kjøkkenet

Sweden, Norway

2003

96 Min

Color

1.85:1

Swedish, Norwegian

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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PROD Jörgen Bergmark, Bent Hamer

SCR Jörgen Bergmark, Bent Hamer

CAST Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andrée, Gard B. Eidsvold, Lennart Jähkel

MUSIC Hans Mathisen

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), São Paulo: Best Director, Toronto, AFI FEST (European Showcase), São Paulo (Retrospective), San Sebastián (Cold Fever)

Synopsis

In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent number of miles as the distance between Stockholm and Congo, while preparing her family meals. So the Home Research Institute sent out eighteen observers to a rural district of Norway to map out the kitchen routines of single men. The researchers were on twenty-four-hour call, and sat in special strategically placed chairs in each kitchen. Furthermore, under no circumstances were the researchers to be spoken to, or included in the kitchen activities. –IMDb

Director

Bent Hamer

Bent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.

Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his feature films, he has written and directed a number of short films and documentaries. His first film, Eggs, premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it was shown in the Directors’ Fortnight section. That same year, it was shown in competition at the Moscow International Film Festival where it won the award for Best First Film; it also received the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1995 Toronto Film Festival. His 2003 film Kitchen Stories screened at many international festivals and was the Norwegian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In April 2004, Bent Hamer started shooting Factotum based on the novel of the same name by US poet and writer Charles Bukowski. The screenplay was written by Hamer and Jim Stark… read more