Director: Dag Johan Haugerud
Two coworkers who happen to be married men in Sex, a quiet Norwegian drama from 2024, are each pushed by a single unplanned encounter to question things about themselves they had never fully looked at before.
What is Sex about?
The film follows both men as separate incidents unsettle their sense of who they are: one has an unexpected experience that reframes how he sees his own sexuality, while the other is unsettled by a dream and a chance remark that make him reconsider his identity in ways he can't easily explain to his wife. Rather than building toward a single dramatic turn, the story moves quietly between their two households, watching how each man talks around what happened, half-confides in his partner, and slowly redraws his sense of himself without ever landing on a tidy resolution.
Cast & crew
Jan Gunnar Røise and Thorbjørn Harr carry the two lead roles as the married men at the center of the story, with Siri Forberg and Birgitte Larsen playing their wives, whose own reactions shape how each man processes what he's going through. Director Dag Johan Haugerud favors long, dialogue-driven scenes over visual spectacle.
Context & significance
Sex is part of a loosely connected trilogy of Norwegian films from the same director exploring intimacy, identity, and communication between couples, released across 2024 and 2025. Its restrained, conversational style is closer to a chamber piece than a conventional relationship drama, asking viewers to sit with ambiguity rather than resolve it. That patience has made it a talking point at festivals for how directly it lets ordinary people describe confusing feelings out loud.
Where & how to watch
Sex is available on K-Time to viewers who log into a free account, with Farsi subtitles and Persian dubbing offered for those who want to watch in Farsi, alongside the platform's Farsi-language interface. There's no cost to browse this page; only streaming the film requires signing in.