Out Stealing Horses

 

Out Stealing Horses Ut og stjaela hestar 2019

• Director: Hans Petter Moland
• Seen by this director: The Beautiful Country
• Based on book by Per Petterson
• Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Björn Floberg, Jon Ranes, Tobias Santelman, Danica Curcic, Pål Sverre Hagen, Maria Alm Norell
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Stellan Skarsgård - Mamma Mia 1&2, Melancholia, Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Dogville, The Glass House, Dancer in the Dark, Amistad, Good Will Hunting, Breaking the Waves, Hamlet, Den enfaldige mördaren
• Björn Floberg – Insomnia, Shackleton
• Tobias Santelman – Kon-Tiki
• Pål Sverre Haen - Kon-Tiki
• Why?  The book
• Seen:  29 May 2023 

Trond (Skarsgård) has lived in Sweden for 42 years but moves back to Norway when his wife dies in a car crash. He wants only to live a quiet life in his cottage in the forest with an occasional cup of coffee with the villagers. But a meeting with a neighbour brings back memories of the summer when he was fifteen. He and his friend go out stealing horses, which simply means hopping on grazing horses and taking a joy ride. But what Trond remembers most is the tragedy and passion.

It's a slow film with many facial close-ups and an intimacy with the rugged Norwegian nature. It’s a strong portrait of Trond at fifteen (Ranes) and Trond in his seventies, equally unable to understand life. 

3 ½ * of 5