''Body Troopers'' (), also known as ''Chasing the Kidneystone'', is a 1996 Norwegian

children's film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that generally relates to children in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films are made f ...

directed by Vibeke Idsøe, starring Torbjörn T. Jensen and

Kjersti Holmen Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of The ...

. Eight-year-old Simon shrinks himself to microscopic size in order to travel through his ailing grandfather's body in search of a

kidney stone Kidney stone disease (known as nephrolithiasis, renal calculus disease, or urolithiasis) is a crystallopathy and occurs when there are too many minerals in the urine and not enough liquid or hydration. This imbalance causes tiny pieces of cr ...

. On his journey he meets

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to ...

characters such as the

taste buds Taste buds are clusters of taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells. The taste receptors are located around the small structures known as papillae found on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus, th ...

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

and

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, and the

vocal cords In humans, the vocal cords, also known as vocal folds, are folds of throat tissues that are key in creating sounds through Speech, vocalization. The length of the vocal cords affects the pitch of voice, similar to a violin string. Open when brea ...

. The film is based on the book ''Jakten på nyresteinen'', also written by Idsøe. It was the highest-grossing Norwegian film of the year.

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''Jakten på nyresteinen''
at Filmweb.no (Norwegian)

at the Norwegian Film Institute 1996 films Norwegian children's films 1990s children's fantasy films 1996 science fiction films {{child-film-stub

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