Elling (2001)

Summary: When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and woman-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two y...

Release Date: March 16, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Petter Næss

Writers: Ingvar Ambjørnsen

, Axel Hellstenius

, Larry Stuckey

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Maipo Film

Distributor: First Look International

Country: Norway

Language: Norwegian (Bokmal)

Movie budget: $ 15,500,000

Domestic: $ 314,729

International: $ 1,727,461

Together (2000)

Summary: In 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.

Release Date: September 21, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Writer: Lukas Moodysson

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Memfis Film, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Det Danske Filminstitut, TV1000 AB

Distributor: IFC Films, IFC Releasing, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: Sweden, Denmark, Italy

Language: Swedish

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,034,829

International: $ 13,561,319

Evil (2003)

Summary: A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.

Release Date: September 26, 2003

Genre: Drama

Director: Mikael Håfström