Mongoland

2001
1h 24m

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Pia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend Kristoffer, who was supposed to join her on the trip, but backed out ... Read allPia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend Kristoffer, who was supposed to join her on the trip, but backed out at the last minute. Finding him turns out to be quite a task. While searching, she meets s... Read allPia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend Kristoffer, who was supposed to join her on the trip, but backed out at the last minute. Finding him turns out to be quite a task. While searching, she meets several more or less disgruntled and dissatisfied people. And when Santa turns up, things s... Read all

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6.6/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Rune-Furuvik

very good indeed

This is a magnificent movie, with a elegant touch of diversity. This requires of the viewer that he is quite intelligent. A lovely christmas and love story which are told in several stories.

a must for filmlovers

9tussler

Feelgood Mongo?

I saw this movie the weekend it opened. And I must say, what a movie! The first movie ever from Stavanger proves to be both fun and entertaining, without losing it's depth. Shows that big budgets and star actors is not always important if you have a story to tell.

I smiled all the way. Don't miss it.

8snifen

Very charming!

You definitely do not need to be from Stavanger to enjoy this movie. I love it, and I'm from the other part of the country. The story itself is not very unique or anything, but the actors are good and the dialogue is extremely amusing. I hope they did a nice job translating it, though.. And after all: a movie which starts and ends with Low's "just like christmas" can't be bad :)

8deltagreen

Great movie about returning home

This movie is about Pia, who comes back to Stavanger. She wants to find her old boyfriend, Kristoffer, with whom she had a fight, prior to her departure. The movie has two story-lines running concurrently: One, in black-and-white, following Pia's current search for Kristoffer and her encounters, and the other one, in color, telling the story of how Pia and Kristoffer met and what they did until they split up.

While following Pia, we also observe all her friends and their ups and downs. Some of the characters are little more than caricatures, but help create some of the most hilarious scenes in the film. The main characters however, have a lot more depth, and evolve throughout the movie. All the actors show great enthusiasm in their screen-play.

This is a Norwegian must-see about love, friendship, Christmas and coming home.

8esschul

Merry X-mas =)

This is a funny x-mas movie. It's filled with love,the x-mas spirit, ambition and humor. If you haven't seen this movie, I think you ought to. I don't want to give the plot away, but I think I can give away the ending; it ends good. =) See the movie or be square.

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Trivia
The movie was planned to be all in black and white (because it was cheaper) but the crew "inherited" some left over color film from the filming of Detektor.

Goofs
When Pia is on the train with Santa, they cross the T-junction at Revheimsveien and Ragbakken in Stavanger three times. Once heading east, then west, then finally northeast where the train stops.