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Sex

Panorama 2024
© Motlys
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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by Dag Johan Haugerud (Director, Screenplay)
with Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen Norway 2024 Norwegian 125' Colour World premiere

With

  • Jan Gunnar Røise (Chimney Sweeper)
  • Thorbjørn Harr (CEO)
  • Siri Forberg (Chimey Sweeper’s Wife)
  • Birgitte Larsen (CEO’s Wife)

Crew

Director Dag Johan Haugerud
Screenplay Dag Johan Haugerud
Cinematography Cecilie Semec
Editing Jens Christian Fodstad
Music Peder Capjon Kjellsby
Sound Design Gisle Tveito, Yvonne Stenberg
Sound Helge Bodøgaard
Production Design Tuva Hølmebakk
Costumes Ida Toft
Make-Up Maren Anna Olstad
Casting Celine Engebrigtsen
Producers Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum
Executive Producers Espen Osmundsen, Kari Moen Kristiansen, Tanya Nanette Yildiz Badendyck
Co-Production Viaplay Group Oslo

World Sales

m-appeal world sales

Berlin, Germany

Produced by

Motlys

Oslo, Norway

Photos

Dag Johan Haugerud

© Fin-Serck Hansen

The writer and director was born in Norway in 1964. His film I Belong won four Amanda Norwegian Film Awards, for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Screenplay. Beware of Children premiered in Venice and won the Dragon Award for Best Film and Best Actor at the Gothenburg Film Festival as well as nine Amanda Awards. Sex screened in the 2024 Berlinale Panorama. The first in a trilogy, it was followed by the second part, Love, which premiered in competition at Venice. With the third part, Drømmer, he is now marking a return to the Berlinale.

Filmography

2005 Thomas Hylland Eriksen og historien om origamijenta (The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl) 2006 Trøbbel (Trouble); short film 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 · Love · Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025