My Jealous Barber

Jan 1, 2004

1h 12m

★ 5.5

Overview

Bent, Frank and Susie live in the same street, and when they finally meet they have to face new problems. Unknown problems concerning themselves. The question is: Do they manage to solve them?

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Maipo Film

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Cast

Bent

Gard B. Eidsvold

Susie

Hildegun Riise

Frank

Bjørn Sundquist

Christian

Kristoffer Joner

Finn

Jørgen Langhelle

Raner

Bjørn Eivind Aasland

Portør 1

Rolf Arly Lund

Portør 2

Jon Eivind Gullord

Frisør

Igor Meyer

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