Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest Talking Cure Trilogy
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud continues his sexuality-themed film trilogy (Sex/Dreams/Love) in Love, following the first installment, Sex, which premiered earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival. While the third segment, Dreams, has yet to be released, it’s clear the connective tissue is theme rather than character. Employing the same sense of endearing, blunt loquaciousness which defined the earlier chapter, there’s an even greater level of profundity with a second narrative paralleling and juxtaposing the sexual experiences and approaches of two main characters, a heterosexual female urologist and her colleague, a gay male nurse.… Read the rest
