The Men's Room

Sep 28, 2018

1h 14m

★ 7.6

Overview

Every Tuesday twenty-five tattooed middle-aged men take a break from their everyday lives to meet and drink beer, tell bad jokes and sing dirty rock songs. They have landed their biggest gig ever – warming up for Black Sabbath. But one of them confides he’s got little time left to live. This summer becomes a race against time and death.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Fuglene AS

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Cast

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Ivar Krogh Hovd

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Per Øivind Houmb

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Geir Schau

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Svein Bjørge

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Knut Akselsen

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Rune Gokstad

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Nils Andersen

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Lars Tefre Baade

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Ask Brantenberg Cold

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Aslak Dørum

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Runar Eggesvik

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Ivar Eidem

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