14/03/2007 - Jens Lien's surreal black comedy, which shakes up the all-too-perfect Scandinavian way of life, has been collecting awards at international festivals since its launch in the Cannes ...

Jens Lien's Norwegian black comedy "The Bothersome Man" took home best feature, best cinematography and more than $190,000 worth of in-kind service awards at the 14th annual Hamptons festival. By ...

"The Bothersome Man," the delightfully droll sophomore feature by Norwegian helmer Jens Lien creates a surreal dystopia that's only a taupe-colored shade from a realist depiction of contempo ...

For office drone Andreas, suicide is preferable to a world where everyone's "nice," and every home looks like an Ikea showroom in "The Bothersome Man." Although marbled with bleak desperation, and ...

Evidently, Norwegians can take a joke, as this deadpan satire of the nation’s humorless affect grossed big in its homeland after bowing last year in Cannes. Think of it as a screwball Invasion—wittier ...