My Jealous Barber (Min misunnelige frisør)

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My Jealous Barber
Original title	Min misunnelige frisør
Alternate title	Bent, Frank og Susie
Type	Features
Genre	Drama
Director	Annette Sjursen
Short summary	For ten years, Bent has had his hair cut at Frank's Barber's Shop. He has also faithfully brought his father dinner every day, and he is never absent from work. In short, Bent lives a rather stable and predictable life. One day Susuie moves into the neighbourhood with her aroma-therapy practice. Frank the haridresser is instantly sceptical towards the newcomer. Susie has moved at least five times in recent years, and has an extremely poor memory. Reluctantly, Bent becomes fascinated with her. In spite of Frank's resistance and the fact that Susuie never remembers who she falls in love with, he decides he wants to make some changes in his life. At least change hairdressers.
Summary	My Jealous Barber is a film about changes, to change yourself. The three main-characters lives in the same street, and when they finally meets they have to face new problems. Unknown problems concerning themselves. The question is: Do they manage to solve them? Bent is a young man who finds comfort in routines and stability. He is never absent from his job, he always has his hair cut at the same haridresser's, and he faithfully brings his old father his dinner every day. But then the aroma therapist Susie moves into the neighbourhood. Susie is a woman with soft hands, a big heart, and an extremely poor memory. Her short term memory is so weak that she never remembers anything from the day before. Bent is reluctantly fasinated by her, who thinks every meeting with him is their first meeting, and who every day enthusiasticaly welcomes him as a new customer. The haridresser Frank observes what is about to happen, and he warns Bent against doing anything hasty. But Bent decides he wants to do something new in his life. At least change haridressers. This is a low-key, compassionate comedy. The story is dense and simple, the characters charming, and the problems are universal.
Cast	Bjørn Sundquist, Gard Eidsvold, Hildegun Riise
Screenplay	Lars Saabye Christensen, Annette Sjursen
Based on	Lars Saabye Christensen's novel "Den misunnelige frisøren"
D.O.P	Philip Øgaard
Composer	Stein B. Svendsen
Producer	Dag Alveberg
Production company	Maipo Film & TV Produksjon AS P.O.Box 275 N-1319 Bekkestua Tel: +47 67 52 51 90 Fax: +47 67 52 51 96 Mail: maipo@maipo.no www.maipo.no
Country of origin	Norway
Release date (national)	2004-09-03
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:2,35
Colour	Colour
Length in min's	76
Length in meters	2054
Distributor (Norway only)	Colombia Tristar Nordisk Filmdistributors AS
Festival participation	2004 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2005 Scandinavian Film Festival, Los Angeles 2005 Gøteborg Film Festival 2005 Annonay Festival International du Premier Film, France 2005 Cinequest Film Festival 2005 Sofia International Film Festival 2005 Nordic Film Festival, Rouen, France Competition 2005 Cleveland International Film Festival 2005 Icelandic International Film Festival 2005 Singapore International Film Festival 2005 Norwegian Film Week, Paris 2005 Norwegian Film Week, Rome 2005 Norwegian Film Festival, Delft 2005 A Luminous Century: Celebrating Norwegian Cinema, Lincoln Centre, NY
Prizes received	2004 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival: Special Jury Award, Best Director 2005 Nordic Film Festival, Rouen, France: Best Actor Award to Bjørn Sundquist
URL	http://www.nfi.no/film/myjealousbarber

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Director biography:
Anette Sjursen Annette Sjursen worked as a journalist and a film critic before she stared making short films. The last of these, Dublin in Rain, has received international recognition. She also makes documentary films. My Jealous Barber is her debut as feature film director.