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.
as Elling
as Kjell Bjarne
as Reidun Nordsletten
as Frank Åsli
as Alfons Jørgensen
as Gunn
as Hauger
as Johanne
as Cecilie Kornes
as Haakon Willum
as Eriksen
as Servitør på bar
as Stasjonsbetjent
