40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Five Norwegians head for a cabin in the wilderness for a few days of teambuilding. But strange things start happening — especially down by the water where they find an abandoned tent. Is there someone else?
Jon Gabriel is in his mid 20s when he meets 13-year-old Flora. X depicts the evolution of their relationship as they struggle to survive in the cold and dirty cityscapes of Oslo in the '80s.
