@book{1536, keywords = {teachers, engineers, suicide, professional wrestling, cemeteries, widows and widowers, neighbors, Mexican Americans, Black Americans, Latino/Latina/Latinx Americans, transgender people, cats}, author = {David Magee}, title = {A Man Called Otto}, abstract = {When his wife passes away and he is forced to retire from his job of nearly 40 years, the curmudgeonly Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks) decides to kill himself. However, his attempts are constantly interrupted by his boisterous new neighbor, Marisol Mendes (Mariana TreviƱo), which leads to an unlikely friendship.}, year = {2022}, note = {

Based on the Swedish-language screenplay, A Man Called Ove (2015), by Hannes Holm (1962- ).

Filming locations included Allegheny County's Pittsburgh, Oakmont, Sewickley Heights, and Monroeville, as well as Ambridge, Beaver County and Arnold, Westmoreland County.

The film also stars Truman Hanks, Tom Hanks' son, as young Otto Anderson.

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