Dreams

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Dreams

2025,

1h 50m,

Drama

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Johanne's intimate writings about her first love stir friction within her family, prompting her mother and grandmother to reexamine their own realities and dreams. Johanne falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see that it has literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.

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Critics Consensus

Conveying the pangs of first love with deft writing and a tastefully restrained sensuality, Dag Johan Haugerud's Dreams is a winsome character study that gently stirs the heart.

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David Katz

Sight & Sound

Nov 5, 2025

Dreams (Sex Love) is an invitation to spend time with and think alongside Haugerud’s liberated characters, and it’s a welcome one, however artificial and unlikely his framing can sometimes feel.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Oct 7, 2025

Sharply written, insightful and exhilaratingly unexpected, this film is one of the very best of the year so far.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Sep 13, 2025

2/4

‘Dreams’ winds up leading viewers to feel both mildly implicated and overwhelmingly frustrated as Johanne’s narrative gradually veers from questions about what really happened to Johanne to why we care in the first place.

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André Didyme-Dôme

Rolling Stone en Español

Oct 2, 2026

Haugerud doesn't offer moral lessons, but rather mirrors. And before them, both his characters and the viewer must learn to read themselves anew. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

May 8, 2026

4/5

Haugerud knows how to manage suspense throughout the nearly two-hour narrative. [Full review in Spanish]

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Feb 4, 2026

3/5

A tender meditation on first love, fantasy, and the gradual process of growing up and moving on.

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Synopsis

Johanne's intimate writings about her first love stir friction within her family, prompting her mother and grandmother to reexamine their own realities and dreams. Johanne falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see that it has literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.

Director: Dag Johan Haugerud
Producer: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum
Screenwriter: Dag Johan Haugerud
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Motlys
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 50m

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