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The Man who loved Yngve
November 1989. The Berlin wall collapses. In the town of Stavanger, seventeen year old Jarle Klepp has no idea that everything is about to change. So far he has got everything; the best girlfriend in the world, and the world's coolest buddy.
Together they will soon launch Stavanger's toughest punk band, "Mattias Rust Band". But then the new boy in class, Yngve, appears. He is not like anyone else, and Jarle is confused. He does not know what to do. All he knows is that he cannot stop meeting Yngve, even if it involves doing things he really hates, like listening to Duran Duran and playing tennis. Slowly but steadily Jarle lets everyone around him down, and finds out what it means to stand alone.
Director Stian Kristiansen has studied directing in Stavanger, and graduated as a director from The Norwegian Film School in 2006. He has worked for several years as an actor at Rogaland Teater, and acted in films such as Benny and Mongoland. He has previously 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 as a director.
NFI/red.
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