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.
Per Christian Ellefsen
as Elling
Sven Nordin
as Kjell Bjarne
Marit Pia Jacobsen
as Reidun Nordsletten
Jørgen Langhelle
as Frank Åsli
Per Christensen
as Alfons Jørgensen
Hilde Olausson
as Gunn
Ola Otnes
as Hauger
Eli Anne Linnestad
as Johanne
Cecilie A. Mosli
as Cecilie Kornes
Joachim Rafaelsen
as Haakon Willum
Per Gørvell
as Eriksen
Knud Dahl
as Servitør på bar
