Junk Mail (film)

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Junk Mail (film)
Lions Gate Films
Release date
  • 21 February 1997 (1997-02-21)
Running time
83 minutes
LanguageNorwegian
Budget$2.1 million

Junk Mail (

Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]

Plot

Junk Mail tells the story of lazy, nosy postman Roy Amundsen who has a bad habit of dipping into the mail of his customers. He takes this further when he finds the keys to the apartment of laundry assistant Line Groberg and decides to investigate her apartment. This leads to all manner of complications when he saves her life and then discovers that she's been coerced into covering up a crime and looking after money for local gangster.

Reception

The aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 93% based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 7.43/10.

See also

References

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. ^ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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