Portrettet

[1][2] They also wrote the script for the film, which was based on a concept by Odd Grythe and Randi Kolstad.

The film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund, where Per Haug lives.

He is a pharmacist, bachelor, amateur painter, and leader of the political opposition in the city council.

One day he rushes home from a stormy city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen.

When the friend travels home, he takes the portrait of their old school teacher painted by Haug.