Sex

A chimney sweep in a stable heterosexual marriage explains to his colleague that he has had a one-off relationship with another man. In turn, his colleague tells him about a recurring dream in which he sees himself as a woman. Dag Johan Haugerud's surprising new film operates as a queer update on Éric Rohmer's cinema where a serendipitous encounter leads the protagonists to question the model of masculinity in which they have lived, trauma-free, and through a series of dialogues constructed with an unprecedented dialectical freshness. Featuring unquestionable nods to the pansexual appeal of David Bowie and in that ‘style without style’ in the style of Hong Sang-soo, Sex offers a warm and humanistic incursion into the Norwegian middle class and an idea of sexuality that is constantly being reconstructed. The first instalment of the Sex Dreams Love trilogy, already featuring a second part, Love, presented at the Venice Film Festival, the film confirms Dag Johan Haugerud as one of the season's major revelations.