Odd Little Man is a Norwegian family movie from 2000, directed by Stein Leikanger, based on one of the biographic memoirs of Odd Børretzen

Odd Børretzen

Odd Lunde Børretzen is a Norwegian author, illustrator, translator, and vocalist.- Biography :He was born in Fister in the Hjelmeland municipality as the son of a preacher...

. The first part of the Norwegian title means "When I met Jesus". The second part means "...with a slingshot", thus changing the meaning of the title to "When I hit Jesus ... with a slingshot".

This movie was the Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

in 2001.