A Man Called Ove
(2015)
★ 7.7 IMDb · 73,332 votes
Year: 2015
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Norway, Sweden
Director: Hannes Holm
Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Бахар Парс, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg
Plot
Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.