On a quest to live like normal average people, Elling and Kjell's friendship grows - kittens, girlfriends and terrorist poetry enter the equation - even fame beckons. But there are fears to conquer before that, answering the telephone for one, leaving the house for another and the journey outdoors is by no means an easy one.
A touching and hiliarious comedy of anxiety from Norway's biggest talent, Beyond the Great Indoors rejoices in the simplest pleasures of life and reminds us of the importance of conquering our everyday fears.
Ingvar Ambjørnsen was born in 1956 and is considered one of the most important contemporary Norwegian writers as well as one of the most popular. Alongside his comic series of four Elling novels, he has also written some more literary novels and children's books. He was won several literary prizes in Norway.