Let’s Talk About ‘Sex’: Dag Johan Haugerud Discusses ‘Sincere, Truthful and Shameless’ First Part Of Trilogy as It Scores Berlinale Premiere, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga “Beware of Children” director Dag Johan Haugerud is ready to talk about “Sex” as the first part of his anticipated “Sex Dreams Love” trilogy is heading to Berlinale’s Panorama in February. “Making a film called ‘Sex’ calls for all sorts of jokes and misunderstandings during production, everything from being summoned to a ‘sex-meeting’ to emails being censored because someone had written ‘sex-props’ in the subject field,” he tells Variety ahead of the trailer premiere. “As for the screenplay, there aren’t that many jokes about sex in it.
Some awkward humor, yes. But the main point has been about trying to show the short span between ecstatic pleasure and shame.
There are – and might always be – two sides of the same coin when it comes to sex, which also means that the uncomfortable and the funny sit quite tight.” Norwegian drama will focus on two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.
One has a sexual encounter with another man, without experiencing it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity.
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