O' Horten (2007) released in 2009

Sweet. We liked this little Norwegian movie very much. I'm not sure about punctuation in that language, but I think the apostrophe here is standing in for a period, since Mr. Horten's first name is Odd (sounds like awed). It is also not an Irish name (though in the United Kingdom it was released without the space between O' and Horten). Odd (Bård Owe) is a train engineer/driver, and retires in the first scene. He is alone and, one would presume, lonely. There's a pretty big cast, as he interacts with a variety of people, some he knows, some strangers, but it all centers on old Odd (67, but the actor is about 73). The trailers for this were fun and we were also attracted because of writer/director Bent Hamer, whose previous work includes Factotum (2005-in English-based on a Charles Bukowski novel, with a great cast including Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Marisa Tomei, and the late actress/director Adrienne Shelly) which was very good; and Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)-in Norwegian-with a bunch of Norwegian actors; the only overlap is the one who played Flo) which was similar to O' Horten in its quiet humor. After the movie Jack told me that when the 1994 Winter Olympics were to be held in Lilliehammer, Norway, the Norwegians had to be taught to smile readily so that the foreigners would feel at ease. That explained a lot. Odd seldom smiles, but when he does, it means something. The cinematography is beautiful, with lots of snow and ice (the ice storm has some funny bits), train cars passing through great fields of white, blue houses, and more, and the music is, too. After you see it, you might want to read some of the postings on imdb (with spoilers) about various people's opinions of what really happened at the end. Did I mention we liked it?