JOHN – DEN SISTE NORSKE COWBOY
JOHN - THE LAST NORWEGIAN COWBOY
Frode Fimland / Norway / 2021 / 90 min / Colour
Italian premiere
92-year-old John Hoiland runs his enormous ranch in Montana all by himself. The son of a Norwegian immigrant, he has been raised to work hard and save his dollars for a rainy day. But life on the ranch is the only life he wants, and he finds great joy in nature, his animals and his daily chores. John never throws anything away, and he constantly repairs the engines of the old cars, trucks and tractors on his property. Every day he talks to his best friend, Jim, a friendship that goes 75 years back. John is a modest guy with little experience with women and “life’s sweet temptations”. Jim has tried it all – “and then some”. Despite the differences between them and the fact that they mostly talk about the weather, their friendship is strong, and Jim is the most important person in John’s life. They also share a love of music, and the two friends often play their accordions at local gigs in the nearest little town.
Frode Fimland
Director, producer and photographer in Norway. Siblings are forever is his first film in the cinema. Not only was it the most watched Norwegian documentary in Norway the past five years, it also won Best feature both at the Film Festival Della Lessinia (2014) and at the Big Sky documentary filmfestival US. (2015). He then directs the sequel Siblings are forever – the grand journey and The Wild Man of the North. John - the last cowboy is his fourth feature film.
Credits
Screenplay Frode Fimland, Elisabeth KleppeCinematography Frode Fimland, Jason BurlageSound Yngve Leidulv Sætre, Iver Sandøy, Arve Ohnstad StigenEditing Anders TeigenMusic Yngve Leidulv SætreMain cast John W. HoilandProducer Frode Fimland, Elisabeth KleppeProduction company FIMfilm
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