The Middle Man is a 2021 comedy film, directed by Bent Hamer.[1] A coproduction of companies from Norway, Germany, Denmark and Canada,[2] the film is set in Karmack, a small town in the American Midwest that is so economically depressed that it hires Frank Farrelli (Pål Sverre Hagen) as a middle man to deliver bad news to people because none of the residents can bear to do it themselves anymore.[1]

The film is an adaptation of Lars Saabye Christensen's 2012 novel Sluk.[2]

Its cast also includes Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Nicholas Bro, Nina Andresen Borud, Rossif Sutherland, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, Kenneth Welsh (in his final film role), Sheila McCarthy, Bill Lake, Rosalie Chilelli and Josiane McCartney.

Production

The film was shot in 2019, in both Germany and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[3]

Release

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2021,[4][5] before having its commercial premiere in Norway on September 17.[1]

References

External links

• The Middle Man at IMDb

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