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Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

1994 1h 36m Drama List
Reviews 91% Audience Score 250+ Ratings
A Norwegian teenager, Otto (Martin Dahl Garfalk) is a shy working-class youth who lives with his mother (Kjersti Holmen) and father (Reidar Sorensen). When he meets the older Frank (Jan Kornstad), the stranger proves to be a bad influence on Otto, though they become friends regardless. Over the course of a summer, Otto and Frank's relationship leads to various dramatic situations, including a tense soccer match, forever changing the younger boy's view of the world. Read More Read Less

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Brandon Judell PopcornQ God must be very angry in Norway. Mar 31, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member http://morebareclips.com/blog/17 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Tidvis god, takket være en håndfull gode skuespillere. Standard norsk mise-en-scene som ser billig og teatralsk ut. Ikke noe historie å snakke om, men et forsøk på å være litt Lynch og litt Jeunet rørt inn i en neorealistisk deig av norsk pretensiøsitet anno 1994. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye = cross my heart and hope to die, 12 knives in my heart, in Norwegian. reminded me of Stand by Me, but without the bonding and with more family troubles Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of the few scandinavian movies that are not depressing. Jan "Devo" Kornstad is just brilliant in this film! It is warm, close and sensitive. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the best foregin movie ever... i mean what can i say!!!! LOVED IT Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Finally a Norwegian film with all my favourite actors and none of those idiots who show up in all the other movies. Great message, beautiful filming, and set in the same area where I grew up. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Norwegian teenager, Otto (Martin Dahl Garfalk) is a shy working-class youth who lives with his mother (Kjersti Holmen) and father (Reidar Sorensen). When he meets the older Frank (Jan Kornstad), the stranger proves to be a bad influence on Otto, though they become friends regardless. Over the course of a summer, Otto and Frank's relationship leads to various dramatic situations, including a tense soccer match, forever changing the younger boy's view of the world.
Director
Marius Holst
Producer
Petter J. Borgli
Screenwriter
Lars Saabye Christensen, Marius Holst
Genre
Drama
Original Language
root
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround