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Sex

Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
2024
Norway
125 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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When a modern-day chimneysweep has sex with a man whose chimney he’s, ahem, cleaning, then tells his wife and his colleague, each is forced to question the quirks of sexuality.

One of the hits of Berlinale 2024, Sex climbs atop the high-rises of a Norwegian city to survey the quizzical contemporary landscape of sex, in which monogamy and fluidity make for uneasy bedfellows. Two married and ostensibly heterosexual friends are unmoored when one of them sleeps with a man and the other begins to question the recurring dreams he’s been having, in which David Bowie gazes at him longingly. Dag Johan Haugerud’s film is funny but also sincere and compassionate, playing out in a series of long, winding, highly articulate conversations. They’re captured by a camera that is fittingly unrestricted, floating between characters mid-scene.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.
Had your fill of punishing investigations into toxic masculinity? Then the thoughtful questioning, sensitivity, low-key humor and refreshing candour of Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex might be your antidote
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Sex offers a thought-provoking reflection on identity, sexuality and freedom sparked by a simple conversation between two male colleagues
Allan Hunter, Screen International

Special Guest

Jan Gunnar Røise
Cast / Actor
Jan Gunnar Røise is a Norwegian actor with over 30 film credits. A graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Theatre, Røise is best known for his roles in Comrade Pedersen, Perfect Strangers, and Power Play, and continues to be cast in a number of theatre productions at the National Theatre. He also received the Canon Award and Amanda Award for his role in Dag Johan Haugerud’s Beware of Children.

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Thu 6 Jun
6:30pm
Ritz Randwick - Cinema 5
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Sat 8 Jun
5:30pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Features
Year
2024
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
Norway
Language
In Norwegian with English subtitles
Director
Dag Johan Haugerud
Producer
Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum
Cast
Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg
Screenwriter
Dag Johan Haugerud
Cinematographer
Cecilie Semec
Editor
Jens Christian Fodstad
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Comedies, Gender & Sexuality, Scandinavia
Company Credits
Sales Agent: M-Appeal World Sales
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