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Deaf Major 
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An antidote
to Kevin Costner's "The Postman". You don't |
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think
there's low-life in Oslo? This film is full of generally |
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unpleasant
losers living in ways and places you don't |
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associate
with Scandanavian chic. The postman 'hero' is not |
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exactly a
career professional. If he doesn't throw your mail |
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away he
reads it. Not actually delivering the mail leaves him |
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with time on
his hands to snoop into the lives of those whose |
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One of his
'hopeful' customers is an attractive girl who is deaf. Having a
crush on her the opportunity opened up when he finds the
keys to her flat can't be resisted. His intrusion beyond the
letter-box leads to his involvement in crime and murder. |
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Not for all
tastes since the progress and exposition of the film |
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is quirky
and there's no satisfying resolution. |
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Robert
Skjaerstad plays Roy a postman (in Oslo, Norway) |
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who is
slovenly and inept. He's also so lazy he dumps half of |
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the contents
of his postbag and reads some of the letters. |
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Ironically
when robbers attack him after his mailbag its strap |
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get caught
up in his jacket and they can't get it, beating him up in the
process. All the time he is yelling at them to take the bag. He ends
up getting an award for protecting the mail. |
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When he
finds a woman's flat keys in her mailbox he goes |
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into her
flat and prowls about. The flat belongs to an |
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attractive,
deaf woman, Line, who works as a dry cleaner. |
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She's also
involved in a robbery and attempted murder. |
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Roy goes to
Line's flat again after copying her keys. She |
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returns home
early and he hides under the bed. When she |
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attempts
suicide with a bottle of pills Roy saves her by making her sick and
calling for an ambulance. She recovers but doesn't have
a clue who saved her. |
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Then Roy
gets involved with her romantically and also with |
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her criminal
acquaintances.
This is a funny, touching film that is
worth seeing.
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