Halfway to Haugesund
Directed by Harald Østgaard LundBeat up punk rock legend Otto, of "Otto's Speedway Action Organ", finally gets another gig in Haugesund on Norway's west coast. He gets his father's car, a 1969 model Opel Diplomat, out of hock, and proceeds to drive from Oslo to Haugesund. But he never gets to Haugesund. In Telemark, in Norway's heartland, he meets up with Pakistani "roots researcher" Farida. Who, complete with a broad Telemark accent, a Telemark surname, a cellular phone, and a laptop computer, makes a business out of finding Norwegian relatives in Telemark, for Americans desperately searching for roots. His car gets stolen by locals lusting for its Chevy V8 engine, and he ends up with an old Chevy Impala, traveling the labyrinths of roads that make up Telemark.
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Halfway to Haugesund was released on 12 września 1997.
Halfway to Haugesund was directed by Harald Østgaard Lund.
Halfway to Haugesund has a runtime of 68 min.
Halfway to Haugesund was produced by Christian Fredrik Martin.
Beat up punk rock legend Otto, of "Otto's Speedway Action Organ", finally gets another gig in Haugesund on Norway's west coast. He gets his father's car, a 1969 model Opel Diplomat, out of hock, and proceeds to drive from Oslo to Haugesund. But he never gets to Haugesund. In Telemark, in Norway's heartland, he meets up with Pakistani "roots researcher" Farida. Who, complete with a broad Telemark accent, a Telemark surname, a cellular phone, and a laptop computer, makes a business out of finding Norwegian relatives in Telemark, for Americans desperately searching for roots. His car gets stolen by locals lusting for its Chevy V8 engine, and he ends up with an old Chevy Impala, traveling the labyrinths of roads that make up Telemark.
The key characters in Halfway to Haugesund are Otto (Geir Birk Nilsen), Farida Svalastog (Yasmin Syed), Shop cashier (Eivind Haugestøl).
Halfway to Haugesund is a Komedia, Dramat, Muzyczny film.
Halfway to Haugesund has an audience rating of 6.1 out of 10.
Halfway to Haugesund had a budget of 1 mln USD.