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Actors: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norstrom, Bjorn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Kitchen Stories |
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Shortly after the Second World War, the Swedish Home Research Institute has been studying the activities of housewives in the kitchen to make them more efficient. It now proposes to do the same for Norwegian bachelor farmers. Folke (Norstrom) is one of the researchers sent to a small farm to study the behavior of stoic, silent Isak (Calmeyer) from a high chair in a corner of the farmer's kitchen. The researchers are instructed to have no contact with their subjects, so as to keep the study pure (they sleep in travel trailers outside the house), but the initial resistance and animosity cannot withstand the two older men's loneliness and isolation. This 2003 comedy is very subtle and calm; the laughs are quiet and gentle, but it's a unique twist on the traditional buddy formula.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Kitchen Stories |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- farmer
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Scandinavian
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- Scandinavian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Scandinavian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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