Desire - The Trilogy of Oslo
de Dag Johan Haugerud
Norway • 2024 • 2h05 • Vostf
With Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen
Panorama Selection – 74eBerlin International Film Festival
A rowner, happy family father, married for years, has an unexpected adventure with a client. He does not consider her to be the expression of a latent homosexuality or an infidelity, but an enriching experience. He opens himself to his wife, who takes him wrong, and then to his boss, who admits him to make every night of recurring dreams in which he is a woman, object of David Bowie’s desire...
“Remarkable in the correctness of his dialogues and the triviality of his situations, Sex proposes a uncommon form, with sequences of equal duration, all in the study of the psyche of the characters. First title of a trilogy, he promises an acerated look at the Norwegian morals and the heteronormativity in place. » LuxFilmFest
LA TRILOGIE D’OSLO
Dag Johan Haugerud, Norwegian author of many successful novels, is also a filmmaker. In 2023, with La Trilogie d’Oslo, he embarked on his most ambitious film project: Desir was presented at the Berlinale in 2024 (Panorama), Love has the honours of the competition of the Mostra of Venice 2024, and Dreams will be crowned at the Berlinale 2025 by The Golden Bear.