| The Middle Man | |
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| Directed by | Bent Hamer |
| Written by | Bent Hamer |
| Based on | Sluk by Lars Saabye Christensen |
| Produced by | Bent Hamer Simone Urdl Jamie Manning Jennifer Weiss Reinhard Brundig Nina Frese Jacob Jarek |
| Starring | Pål Sverre Hagen Tuva Novotny |
| Cinematography | John Christian Rosenlund |
| Edited by | Anders Refn |
Production companies | Bulbul Film The Film Farm Pandora Film Profile Pictures |
| Distributed by | levelFILM Pandora Film Verleih |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Germany Norway |
| Language | English |
The Middle Man is a 2021 black comedy film, directed by Bent Hamer.[1] An adaptation of Lars Saabye Christensen's 2012 novel Sluk,[2] it is set in a small town that is so economically depressed that the municipality hires Frank Farrelli (Pål Sverre Hagen) as a middle man for the increasingly frequent task of delivering bad news to inhabitants.[1]