Year: 2003
Runtime: 78 mins
Language: Norwegian
Director: Eva Isaksen
Elling has spent his entire life living with his practical mother, spending days reading and watching the neighbors from their window. Though he prefers solitude, his mother impulsively books a beach trip to Spain. Reluctantly joining, he discovers she is gravely ill and hopes the journey will show him that life extends far beyond the confines of their apartment.
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