The Habima National theatre is staging the Norwegian play “Elling”, starting 27 April.
18/07/2008 :: “Elling” is based on the bestselling novel “Elling, Brødre I Blodet” (Blood Brothers) by Ingvar Ambjørnsen. The story is about the mismatched pair Elling and his room mate Kjell Bjarne, who have been discharged from a psychiatric hospital and given an apartment in Oslo in an attempt to allow them to live a normal life. The humorous and warm play was adapted to film by the director Petter Næss. The film received an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language movie in 2002. Ingvar Ambjørnsen has also written several other novels about the “Elling”- character.