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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 accomodation 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.
- Genre: Tragicomedy
- Country, Year: Norway, 2016
- Runtime: 95 Min
- Languages: Norwegian, English
- Subtitles: German, English
- Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
- Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Olivier Mukuta, Slimane Dazi, Henriette Steenstrup, Renate Reinsve
- Screenplay: Rune Denstad Langlo
- Cinematography: Philip Øgaard
- Editor: Vidar Flataukan
- Sound: Jesper Miller
- Music: Ola Kvernberg
- Producer: Sigve Endresen
- Co-Producers: Patrik Andersson, Espen Osmundsen, Eirik Smidesang Slåen
- Production Company: Motlys Film og TV Produksjon A.S.
- World Sales: Beta Cinema
- Swiss Distribution: Filmcoopi Zürich AG
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