Comedy, Drama
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.
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Ragtime
The Little Vampire
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IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2001
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IMDB 7 | Dec , 1938
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IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1960
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IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1968
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