We are pleased to present Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Trilogy of Relationships” in collaboration with WANTED.
Three films about love, longing, and identity, including the latest Dreams (winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale 2025), followed by the first installment, Sex (2024, Berlinale 2024), set for release on May 15, and the second, Love (in competition at the Venice Film Festival 2024), which will be released in Italian cinemas from April 17, 2025.
These films explore relationships, affection, sexuality, dreams, and desires. Yet, they possess something special—something that captivates us and draws us in until the boundary between the characters on screen and ourselves begins to blur. Why do we feel so connected to them? Because Haugerud is a master of empathy. His characters are unique yet wonderfully ordinary.
We see ourselves in the doctor and the nurse, in the patient from Love, in the girl and the teacher from Dreams, in the chimney sweeps from Sex. Perhaps they embody what we long for—the ability to live, suffer, love, and feel less alone.
— Vincenzo Bugno
Dreams (Drømmer) – Dag Johan Haugerud (NOR 2024, 110')April 11 | 21:00 | CAPITOL 1
Johanne, a student, develops a growing emotional attachment to a teacher who welcomes her into her home and attentively listens to her thoughts and questions. Johanne’s intimate diary entries about her first love lead to tensions within her family, prompting her mother and grandmother to reassess their own lives.
Love (Kjærlighet) – Dag Johan Haugerud (NOR 2024, 119')
April 6 | 18:45 | CAPITOL 2
Marianne, a pragmatic doctor, and Tor, a compassionate nurse, become friends at work and begin confiding in each other about their emotional and sexual relationships. Both seek greater freedom and authenticity, avoiding conventional relationships. One evening, Tor confesses to Marianne that he often spends his nights looking for random encounters with men.
Sex – Dag Johan Haugerud (NOR 2024, 125')
April 12 | 18:00 | CAPITOL 2
Two friends and colleagues, both married to women, have unexpected experiences that lead them to reconsider their understanding of sexuality, gender, and identity. One has a spontaneous sexual encounter with another man, while the other is plagued by recurring nighttime dreams in which he is perceived as a woman.
