
Dag Johan Haugerud has a lot on his mind. His “Oslo Trilogy” (Sex — which played at VIFF last year — and Dreams) puts us all the metaphorical couch to examine social and psychological attitudes towards romantic and physical attachment in our time. It’s an ambitious agenda, but also rich terrain for comedy, pathos, and philosophy — and that’s what he delivers in Love, which trains a quizzical eye on the trysts of a female doctor, Marianne (Andrea Bræin Hovig), and her colleague, a gay male nurse, Tor (Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen).
This being now, dating apps figure large as Marianne decides to take a leaf out of Tor’s playbook and experiment with meaningless sex… Meanwhile Tor begins to reconsider and looks for a different kind of connection.
Critics have compared the film to Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy, Eric Rohmer’s Moral Tales, and to The Worst Person in the World, which will be recommendation enough for discerning filmgoers.
A refreshing delight. Honest, thoughtful, and daringly talky as it observes modern dating customs in the age of apps.
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
Breezy, sexy, thoughtful… rather radical: a tender, gently observed relationship study that places as much stock in casual sex as in seeking a soulmate.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Satisfying, thoughtful […] Love is a drama about choice, chance and the carpe diem imperative, especially in the face of illness and emotional distress.
Jonathan Romney, Screen International
Dag Johan Haugerud
Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Morten Svartveit
Norway
2024
In Norwegian with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum
Screenwriter
Dag Johan Haugerud
Cinematography
Cecilie Semec
Editor
Jens Christian Fodstad
Original Music
Peder Kjellsby
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