BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025

DIRECTOR: Dag Johan Haugerud
STARRING: Thorbjørn Harr, Jan Gunnar Røise, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen
NORWAY 2024, 1 HOUR 58 MINUTES, NORWEGIAN + ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Two chimney sweeps in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles.

In conversation at work, the sweeps confide in each other about unusual experiences they’ve had. One talks about his sexual encounter with another man, without considering it either
an expression of homosexuality or infidelity and discusses it with his wife afterwards. The other finds himself in nocturnal dreams where he is seen (by David Bowie) as a woman, stirring confusion and leading him to question how much his personality is shaped by the gaze of others.

This warm, absorbing leap into the complexities of gender and sexuality – and male friendship – manages to be deep and light at the same time.