Sex
Two chimney sweeps living in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles. One has a sexual encounter with another man, without himself experiencing it either as an expression of homosexual longings or infidelity. The other suddenly experiences nocturnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This confuses and disturbs him. He begins to wonder to what extent the gaze of others shapes his personality and whether there are aspects of himself that he has suppressed, thereby limiting himself.
In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chimney is swept before we get down to business. Whether hetero or homo, witty wordplay challenges normative images of men and society in modern urban Norway.
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Runtime
125 min -
Country
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Year of Presentation
2024 -
Year of Production
2024 -
Director
Dag Johan Haugerud -
Cast
Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen -
Production Company
Motlys -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
dates of presentation
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Zoo Palast 1
Hardenbergstraße 29A
10623 Berlin
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Cubix 8
Rathausstraße 1
10178 Berlin
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Cubix 5
Rathausstr. 1
10178 Berlin -
Kino Zukunft
Alt-Stralau 68
10245 Berlin
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Colosseum 1
Schönhauser Allee 123
10437 Berlin
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Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstraße 24
10719 Berlin
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Cubix 5
Rathausstr. 1
10178 Berlin
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pictures from the movie
Biography Dag Johan Haugerud
Born in 1964, the Norwegian writer and director won the Amanda Norwegian Film Prize for Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Female Supporting Role with Som du ser meg (I Belong, 2012). In 2019, his film Barn (Beware of Children) celebrated its international premiere at Venice and won the Dragon Award for Best Film and Best Actor at the Göteborg Film Festival as well as nine Amandas at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
Filmography Dag Johan Haugerud
2000 De syv dødsyndene (The 7 Deadly Sins) | 2005 Thomas Hylland Eriksen og historien om origamijenta (The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl) | 2006 Trøbbel (Trouble) | 2012 Som du ser meg (I Belong) | 2014 Det er meg du vil ha (I Am the One You Want) | 2019 Barn (Beware of Children) | 2020 Lyset fra sjokoladefabrikken (The Light from the Chocolate Factory) | 2024 Sex