"Dreams" by Dag Johan Haugerud, women and norms

By receiving a Golden Bear at the Berlinale this year from Todd Hayes, president of the jury, for Dreams, Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud, at the age of 60, has risen to a level of international recognition that his previous films, while certainly acclaimed in his country with various awards, had not granted him. The feature films he has made since 2012 have never been released in France. He also has a career as a novelist, but again, only one has been translated into French. Dreams is one of the episodes in an Oslo Trilogy, the next two parts of which will be released successively on the next two Wednesdays ( Love on July 9, Desire on July 16).

This is a cinematic undertaking that intends to confront the questions of sex and sexuality by trying to thwart both guilt-inducing prohibitions and pre-established reading grids. Thus in Dreams, the main character, Johanne (Ella Overbye) is a 17-year-old teenager who is transported from the cocoon of her blanket-covered sofa by readings about the burning of love. In class, she is fascinated by her new