about the film

A sparkling and dramatic coming of age story builds up as the Berlin wall is going down. It is November 1989 and we are in Stavanger, where 17 year old Jarle Klepp has got everything he could ever wish for: the best girlfriend, and the world's coolest buddy. Together they will soon launch Stavanger's toughest punk band, ‘Mattias Rust Band’. But then appears Yngve, startling Jarle, who has no idea that his world is about to shake and bounce all over the place, just the way they plan to shake up the only rock pub in town. Yngve is unlike anyone else and Jarle gets all tied up. All he knows is that meeting this new boy is becoming some sort of addiction, even if it means listening to Duran Duran and playing tennis –pastimes that Jarle and company would normally perceive as passe. Slowly but steadily our punk rock star lets everyone around him down and finds out what it means to stand alone. With a heady and powerfully evocative soundtrack from some of the leading rock bands of the period -Stone Roses, The Cure, REM, Japan, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Joy Division- and based on the best selling book ‘I Loved Them All’ by Tore Renberg, The Man Who Love Yngve is an entertaining comedy about growing up that evolves almost unnoticed into a pensive tale of impossible love.

about the director

Stian Kristiansen was born in 1972 in Norway. He studied directing in Stavanger and graduated from The Norwegian Film School in 2006. He has worked for several years as an actor at Rogaland Theater, and acted in films such as Benny (1998) and Mongoland (2001). He directed the short films Adam and Eve, Blindsight, Kiss me, god ¨damn it!”, Bad Investment and Hidden. The Man Who Loved Yngve is his feature film debut.

festivals

• 2008 Norvway Film Festival: Best Director, Best Film, Best Editing, Best Children and Youth Film
• Nordic Council Film Prize: Nominated
• Nordic Film Days, Lübeck: Honorable Mention from the Ecumenical Jury, NDR Prize)
• Black Night Film Festival, Talinn: Best Youth Film
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival
• Palic European Film Festival
• Helsinki Film Festival
• Roma Cinema Fest
• Zürich Film Festival
• Ghent Film Festival