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Jonny Vang is a film of genre Drama directed by Jens Lien released in USA on 14 february 2003 with Aksel Hennie

Jonny Vang (2003)

Jonny Vang
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Released in USA 14 february 2003
Length 1h25
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating62% 3.146183.146183.146183.146183.14618

Jonny Vang is a Norwegian film from 2003. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Ståle Stein Berg. The music was composed by the band Calexico. The plot is a drama-comedy from the Norwegian countryside, where the protagonist Jonny Vang is frustrated in his efforts to prosper as a breeder of earthworms. The film was reasonably well received by critics, and was awarded an Amanda Award for "Best Actor" in 2003.

Synopsis

Jonny Vang (Aksel Hennie) lives on the Norwegian countryside, where he is trying to establish a business breeding earthworms. His ambitions to expand are thwarted by the bank manager (Trond Brænne), who will not lend him the necessary money. He lives with his mother Brita (Marit Andreassen) and her difficult friend Odvar (Bjørn Sundquist). On top of all of this, he is also carrying out an affair with Tuva (Laila Goody) – the wife of his best friend Magnus (Fridtjov Såheim). Things get even worse when an unknown assailant knocks him over the head with a shovel.

Actors

Aksel Hennie

(Jonny Vang)Laila Goody

(Tuva)Bjørn Sundquist

(Odvar)Trond Brænne

(Bank Director)Jan Hårstad

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