RIGA IFF: Sekss

Daags Juhans Heugeruds
Sex
Sex
NO
2024, 125', from
Recommended for ages 16+

Believe it or not, but for their wives, what happened next raised questions. Sipping coffee and nibbling on a sandwich, the chimney sweep confesses to his boss that he not only slept with a man, but also enjoyed what happened and immediately told his wife about it. He sees neither fraud nor anything reprehensible in what happened. The surprised boss also has something to say - he shares a dream in which he saw himself and recognized himself as a woman. What follows in the marriage of the two men is not only an examination of the contract of trust and partnership, but also a philosophical conversation about gender roles and identity. We are ready to protect it by doing what it is not.

In the well-known hashtags "talking about sex" and "fifty shades", the experienced Haugerud has found fresh veins of discomfort and truth, reflecting on modern Norwegian society. The first part of the director's future trilogy of sexuality "Sex, love, dreams" resonates as an absurd drama for those tired of social constructs - its dialogues are crackling and witty, the musical interludes are thunderous in mocking drama, and the static mise-en-scenes are quietly humorous (the finale with the Scandinavian-like "Jesus Christ Superstar ” is the crème de la crème). Convincingly confronting heterosexuality, its virtues and normativity, the "silent hit" of the Berlinale, which received the Ecumenical Jury and other awards, recalls the early works of the Swedish Estlund and the more perceptive works of the French moralist Romere.

Recommended age: 16+
Screen language: Norwegian
Subtitle language: English
Synchronous translation: Latvian
Session duration: 125 min
Place for a wheelchair: yes

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