This film is an intriguing and bone-dry Norwegian black comedy that marks the intersection between David Lynch, Samuel Beckett and Jacques Tati.A man steps off a bus into a strange city with no memory of how he got there. It all seems familiar: people are polite, go to work, have dinner parties, go out and have sex, but no one seems to connect or even enjoy themselves. It isn't long before the new arrival gradually begins to question his environment and plan an escape. The ubiquitous "Caretakers" of the city take note that he doesn't fit in and set out to rectify the situation.
Driven by a fantastic performance by Trond Fausa Aurvag, whose deadpan comic performance lends the surrealism some "fish out of water" slapstick. There are many shades of "The Trial" as well as "The Prisoner" here. This is about as dark and worrying as a film can get and one that will remain in the recess of your mind for a considerable length of time.
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