SEX (2024)

DIRECTED BY DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD

Part of LOVE–SEX–DREAMS: THE OSLO TRILOGY

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. In SEX, two male-identified colleagues who are happily married to women share candidly their secrets: one reveals his unprecedented recent sexual encounter with another man; the other is haunted by a recurring dream featuring David Bowie and his own gender fluidity. Both men — shockingly yet with great sensitivity — seek transparency and understanding with their wives. SEX thus envisions honest, warm-hearted possibilities for gender expansiveness within heterosexual monogamy, while also enacting the intricacy of an authentic and generous love.

“SWEET AND SLY. This isn’t a movie that’s for or against monogamy, so much as it’s a touching — and, during its final minutes, even vaguely transcendental — study of how we’re all too infinite to stay bottled up within ourselves. It’s a knowing smile of a drama that leaves you eager to follow Haguerud through his other two new films about the life of the mind.” – David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“PROVOCATIVE, INSIGHTFUL, AND ENTERTAINING. Superbly acted. The film is laced with dry humor but also poignancy and notes of melancholy. [Turns] the male character study on its head with a gentle subversiveness.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“Wry and amusing… The first film in a planned trilogy, with DREAMS and LOVE to follow, SEX offers a thought-provoking reflection on identity, sexuality and freedom sparked by a simple conversation between two male colleagues.” – Allan Hunter, Screen International

“Playful... Unexpectedly seductive.” – Guy Lodge, Variety