Petter Naess's very individual buddy movie stars Per Christian Ellefsen as the eponymous Elling, an insular author who, after his mother's death, ends up in sheltered housing. There, he meets Sven Nordin, a body-building sex obsessive. When the two move into public housing, Nordin's noisy antics with their sexy neighbour alight Ellefsen's jealousies - can the two remain friends?