40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Key credits listed on this page include Petter Næss, Axel Hellstenius, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, and Per Christensen.