How does the world look if you are a nut, 40 years old, a poet at heart, and your best friend is best described as an orangutan, who cares only to eat, think about having sex, is capable of creating poetry with his hands and is kinder than you are?

Elling, the Norwegian Oscar Nominee, is the movie to watch for answers to such mysteries. Or just to buoy the mood on a day when every thing happens to be a disaster!