Elling

About Elling

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

Petter Næss's Elling is a 2001 comedy film. Released in March 2001, it runs 89 minutes.

Per Christian Ellefsen stars as Elling, Sven Nordin as Kjell Bjarne, Marit Pia Jacobsen as Reidun Nordsletten, and Jørgen Langhelle as Frank Åsli. Written by Axel Hellstenius. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under male friendship, loss of virginity, mentally disabled, and neurotic. It streams on Viaplay Amazon Channel in the United States.

Women in Love, Forrest Gump, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone make useful companions to Elling. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 207 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.