Jonny Vang

Jonny Vang

Director Jens Lien

1 hr. 25 min. · Norway, 2003 · Drama, Comedy · Norwegian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · N/A

About the film

Three childhood friends fall into a tricky love triangle: Johnny tries to remain Magnus ’best friend, Magnus tries to keep a marriage with Tuva, and Tuva seeks casual sex with John. This situation cannot last long, so Johnny Wang decides to fix everything once and for all. But as soon as Johnny tells Tuva about his plans to have a more serious relationship between the two of them, someone smashes him asleep with a shovel. Johnny suspects there is some connection here, but both Tuva and Magnus claim to know nothing about the attack. But the violence continues: John is wounded by a bullet, his car is smashed, and business is ruined: friendships, marital relationships, paternal feelings, and sexual relationships are tested. But Johnny is not the one to give up without a fight!

Details

Running time
1 hr. 25 min.
Country, year
Norway, 2003
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Language
Norwegian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
N/A

Credits

Director
Jens Lien
Screenplay
Ståle Stein Berg
Cinematography
Philip Øgaard, Erling Thurmann-Andersen
Music
Calexico
Cast
Aksel Hennie, Laila Goody, Fridtjov Såheim
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Brussels European Film Festival in competition
  • Amanda Awards nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Jens Lien

Director

Jens Lien

Jens Lien was born in 1967, completed his studies at the London International Film School with the graduation film Montana. Since then he has garnered attention both in Norway and abroad with the short film Shut the Door and Natural Glasses. In 2003 Jens Lien in Berlin Film Festival premiered his feature debut Jonny Vang. Second feature film The Brothersome Man was selected for Cannes film festival Critics Week and won three national film awards. Both films were presented in Scanorama.