Ein Mann namens Ove

Here's a film that thinks it knows how to thaw a grumpy old man. Ove is a widower maintaining a tight grip on his neighborhood. But his routine is disrupted when a young family moves in next door and their matriarch runs over his mailbox. It's manipulative, but it works.

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Hannes Holm directed Ein Mann namens Ove in 2015. See Hannes Holm's full filmography, where to start with Hannes Holm, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hannes Holm.

Ein Mann namens Ove was released in 2015 (SV original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.