Refreshingly unexpected, Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams (Sex Love) — the first Norwegian film to win the Berlinale’s Golden Bear — breathes new life into the often oversimplified genre of sexual ...

A teenager's crush on her teacher cues a complex but light-handed investigation of romantic awakening, power imbalance and creative catharsis in the winner of Berlin’s Golden Bear. The dynamic between ...

Dag Johan Haugerud follows ‘Sex’ and ‘Love’ with a drama about a teen’s dizzying infatuation with her teacher and the shifting responses to her candid written account of the experience. By David ...

There’s a scene at the start of Dreams (Drømmer) in which 17-year-old Johanne, played with churning depths of melancholy introspection by Ella Øverbye, explains to an instructor after a modern dance ...