The Middle Man (film)
The Middle Man is a 2021 comedy film, directed by Bent Hamer. A coproduction of companies from Norway, Germany, Denmark and Canada, the film is set in Karmack, a small town in the American Midwest that is so economically depressed that it hires Frank Farrelli (Pål Sverre Hagen) as a middle man to deliver bad news to people because none of the residents can bear to do it themselves anymore. The film is an adaptation of Lars Saabye Christensen's 2012 novel "Sluk". Its cast also includes Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Nicholas Bro, Nina  Andresen Borud, Rossif Sutherland, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, Kenneth Welsh, Sheila McCarthy, Bill Lake, Rosalie Chilelli and Josiane McCartney. Production. The film was shot in 2019, in both Germany and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Release. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2021, before having its commercial premiere in Norway on September 17.