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Elling
2001 · Film · 89 min
Directed by Petter Næss
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
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I'm really curious. What about reading this article made you think of Elling and what you refer to as "mentally challenged folk"?
Maybe I'm missing something (I haven't seen the movie, but from the imdb link you posted, no mention of autism)... but it seems to me like you're saying "having autism = being mentally challenged". Am I misinterpreting? I hope so :(
Reading this really makes me want to recommend the Norwegian movie Elling - it's witty, completely unschmaltzy and hints at a pretty good answer on what good care for adult mentally challenged folk looks like.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279064/
It's streamable on Netflix for the US-based folks:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Elling/60025098