LOVE
MUST END TUESDAY, JULY 1
DIRECTED BY DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD
Part of LOVE–SEX–DREAMS: THE OSLO TRILOGY
SEX is Now Playing.
DREAMS (recent Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2025 Berlinale) opens September 12.
An ambitious trilogy from Norwegian novelist/filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud, LOVE – SEX – DREAMS are three distinct feature films linked by their themes of nontraditional intimacy, but need not be seen in any particular order. LOVE focuses on two colleagues at an Oslo hospital — Marianne, a straight (and straitlaced) doctor, and Tor, a gay male nurse. Both single, they cross paths by chance after hours and confide in each other: Marianne confesses her desire to be more adventurous and open in her encounters with men; Tor shares his fatigue with Grindr hook-ups. Their conversations form the heart of exploration of desire and emotional fulfillment.
Presented with support from The R.G. Rifkind Foundation Endowment for Queer Cinema
2024 119 MIN. NORWAY STRAND RELEASING
IN NORWEGIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Reviews
“UTTERLY ENRAPTURING.”
– Pat Brown, Slant
“Dag Johan Haugerud’s gently humanistic drama is one of those films that feels akin to a prism, refracting its theme into the array of colors it contains...There’s a loveliness to every scene, quiet urban beauty that leaves space for the audience’s contemplation...it’s so beautiful that you want to just keep dwelling in its world.”
– Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times
“A shimmering, contemplative portrait of a handful of people and the modern city in which they live. Fair warning: It might make you want to move to Oslo… I’ll happily take two more.”
– Zachary Barnes, The Wall Street Journal
“Breezy, sexy, thoughtful …Feels, in its quiet, conversational way, rather radical: a tender, gently observed relationship study that places as much stock in casual sex as in seeking a soulmate. Following two very different medical professionals on their contrasting quests for intimacy, it’s the rare romantic drama that concedes one person’s happily-ever-after is not necessarily another’s.”
– Guy Lodge, Variety
“Charming and intelligent…a refreshing delight. Honest, thoughtful, and daringly talky as it observes modern dating customs in the age of apps.”
– Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter