Aberdeen (2000 film)

Aberdeen is a 2000 Norwegian-British drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling.

Aberdeen
Swedish DVD cover
Directed by	Hans Petter Moland
Written by	Kristin Amundsen Lars Bill Lundholm
Produced by	Petter J. Borgli Tom Remlov
Starring	Stellan Skarsgård Lena Headey Charlotte Rampling
Cinematography	Philip Øgaard
Edited by	Sophie Hesselberg
Music by	Zbigniew Preisner
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB (Sweden) First Run Features (US)
Release date	8 September 2000 (2000-09-08) (Norway)
Running time	Norway: 113 minutes US: 106 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Norway Sweden
Language	English
Budget	$6,500,000

Synopsis

Lawyer Kaisa Heller, just promoted, has no apparent emotional attachments, preferring nameless encounters with men. She is surprised to receive a call from Helen, her dying mother, with a final request to bring Kaisa's estranged father Tomas to see her at the hospital. The film is a bit of a road movie with encounters along the way; some are confrontational, such as boozing louts who harass her father or angry stewardesses issuing ultimatums, while some are romantic, such as truck driver Clive whom Kaisa attempts to use, but instead finds herself attached to. What started as an unavoidable chore, perhaps the last she will have never been able to dodge, becomes a new starting point in her life.

Cast

• Stellan Skarsgård - Tomas Heller
• Jean Anderson - Young Kaisa
• Lena Headey - Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller
• Charlotte Rampling - Helen
• Ian Hart - Clive
• Louise Goodall - Sara
• Jason Hetherington - Perkins
• Kate Lynn Evans - Emily
• John Killoran - Blake
• Fergis McLarnon - Eric
• Anders T. Andersen - Customs Official
• Nina Andresen Borud - Flight Attendant
• Henriette Steenstrup - Car Rental Clerk
• Kari Simonsen - Waitress
• J.J. Mckeown - Boy at door
• Jan Grønli - Granbakken
• Gard Eidsvold - Disagreeable Man

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 87%, with the site's consensus reading: "Though the characters are difficult to watch at times, Aberdeen burns with ferocious honesty and strong performances."^[1]