DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD

LOVE

A moving, always engaging reflection of situationships and the eternal hope that someone will there for you, later in life

Tor, a gay male nurse at a urology clinic, enjoys cruising on the ferry, where one night he meets someone who seeks—and needs—more than sex. Inspired by his adventures, Tor’s superior, the very single and straight Doctor Marianne, sets off on her own quest for connection. But can older heterosexuals truly be open and polyamorous?

Logo for the 2024 Venice International Film Festival with a lion and the number 80.

  • After winning Scandinavian awards for his first four features, Dag Johan Haugerud broke out internationally with his Oslo Trilogy: Sex (Berlinale 2024); Dreams, winner of the Berlinale 2025 Golden Bear; and Love (Golden Lion nominee, Venice Film Festival 2025).

    A former librarian, journalist, and dramatist, Haugerud is also a novelist.

  • Venice Film Festival 2024 (Italy)
    Nominee, Golden Lion, Queer Lion

  • Genres: Drama, LGBTQIA+, Romance

    Featuring: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm

    Rating: R21

    Duration: 120 min

    Language: Norwegian (with English subtitles)

  • A thoroughly grownup and absorbing drama, acted with such sympathy and warmth — The Guardian

    In its well-expressed thoughtfulness, leaves one feeling strangely refreshed — Wall Street Journal

    Honest, thoughtful, and daringly talky — The Hollywood Reporter

19 NOV

TRAILER

A man with long hair and a beard, wearing a denim jacket, looks compassionately at a man lying in bed with a gray beard, who is gazing back at him. The scene is set in a room with bookshelves and a yellow cup in the background.
Three people talking outdoors near water, a man with shoulder-length hair, a woman with curly red hair, and a woman with short blonde hair, all smiling
A woman and a man sitting and looking at each other in what appears to be a waiting area or lounge.
A man and a woman are outside on a balcony, with the man placing his hand on the woman's shoulder. They appear to be engaged in a serious or intimate conversation, with a body of water and distant shoreline in the background.
A couple lying on a bed in a cozy room, smiling and looking at each other, with a window showing a body of water and distant hills in the background.