Sex (2024)

SEX is a warm and inquiring drama about how intimacy and freedom operate in modern relationships and gender roles. Actors Jan Gunnar Røise and Thorbjørn Harr shine on the big screen, in characters whose understanding of themselves is challenged in fascinating and liberating ways. SEX is the first part of the trilogy SEX DREAMS LOVE. These three freestanding films by Dag Johan Haugerud all revolve around desire, identity, and the longing for freedom. AWARDS WINNER: Europa Cinemas Label 2024 - Best European Film (Panorama) - Berlin IFF 2024; WINNER: CICAE Art Cinema Award - Berlin IFF 2024; WINNER: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Berlin IFF 2024; WINNER: Best Director: Dag Johan Haugerud, Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jan Gunnar Røise, Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Siri Forberg and Best Screenplay: Dag Johan Haugerud - Norwegian IFF (Haugesund) 2024; WINNER: Nordisk Council Film Award 2024; WINNER: Best Actor Award (Jan Gunnar Røise and Thorbjørn Harr) - Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2024 SYNOPSIS: 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 considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity, and discusses it with his wife afterwards. The other finds himself in nocturnal dreams where he is seen as a woman, stirring confusion and leading him to question how much his personality is shaped by the gaze of others.