United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Norwegian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: The Norwegian writer and director Bent Hamer's wry, uninflected deadpan social comedy points as straight and true as a compass fixed on magnetic north. It has the tingly, dry shock of a snootful of sub-zero air. The material itself is so minimal that it makes a New Yorker cartoon look like an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants." Folke (Tomas Norstrom) is an expert from the Swedish Home Research, part of a project to track the domestic habits of Norwegian bachelors. He moves into the home of one of the study's subjects, Isak (Joachim Calmeyer), a bizarre codger who pads around his tiny, uncomfortable house. Isak turns the tables at night by slipping into his attic and spying on the lonely Folke, who lives in a trailer on Isak's property. Mr. Hamer takes what sounds like a constricted and unpromising premise, and gets the most out of the modest contradictions. He maximizes the concept, through an entrancing visual flair and, eventually, a tiny depth of feeling. He keeps the film compact, and the design scheme of this postwar era has dash and vigor. The retro polish of "Kitchen Stories" comments on the loneliness of utilitarian design. Folke might as well be a vowel floating in a Campbell Soup can. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, ...Kitchen Stories (2003) ( Salmer fra kjøkkenet ) ( Psalmer från köket )

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)

Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces

Director ‏ : ‎ Bent Hamer

Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, PAL, Widescreen, Subtitled

Run time ‏ : ‎ 90 minutes

Actors ‏ : ‎ Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andrée, Gard B. Eidsvold

Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English

Producers ‏ : ‎ Kitchen Stories (2003) ( Salmer fra kjøkkenet ) ( Psalmer från köket ), Kitchen Stories (2003), Salmer fra kjøkkenet, Psalmer från köket

Language ‏ : ‎ Norwegian (Dolby Digital 2.0)

Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1