Odd Little Man

2000 Norwegian film

1 September 2000 (2000-09-01)

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Running time

88 minutesCountryNorwayLanguageNorwegianBox office$0.3 million^[2]

Odd Little Man (Norwegian title: Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert) is a Norwegian family movie from 2000, directed by Stein Leikanger, based on one of the biographic memoirs of Odd Børretzen. The title of the movie is a Norwegian pun: the first part of the Norwegian title means "When I met Jesus", and the second part means "...with a slingshot", thus changing the meaning of the title to "When I hit Jesus ... with a slingshot", as the word 'traff' can mean 'hit' or 'met' depending on the context. The English titles makes use of the coincidence that Børretzen's Norwegian first name has another meaning in English.

This movie was a critical failure^[2] but became the Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001.

References

^ Buddrus, Petra (1 September 2000). "Norway finally gets local hit". Screen International. p. 31.
^ ^a ^b Buddrus, Petra (29 September 2000). "Faithless falters against other local product". Screen International. p. 31. Retrieved 26 April 2024.