Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBlond thirty-something year old Ingrid has lost her sight abruptly to an undiagnosed condition and now, depressed and unsettled, she just whiles away in the stark white high rise apartment in Oslo that she shares with Morton her architect husband. She refuses to ever venture outside at all and actually suspects that Morton actually sneaks back … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideRoger Brown is a short man with big ideas as well as a Napoleon complex. He has a tall beautiful wife for whom he has bought an ultra-modern luxury house and whom he lavishes with expensive gifts, neither of which he can afford, and anyway she would in fact just prefer to have a child. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis unequivocally powerful Norwegian movie of just 24 hours in the life of a desperately sad recovering heroin addict and his struggle with his personal demons leaves one feeling totally drained and numb. This long drawn out day starts with 34 year old Anders leaving some unknown woman in a nondescript motel and making his … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMy, those Norwegians can be a dour and scary lot! This movie based on a true story is set in Bastoy a reform school set on a remote island, which is like Alcatraz, but for kids. The place is where ‘maladjusted’ boys aged 11 to 18 are ‘sensible and forcibly turned into useful Christian boys’ … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSet in the middle of winter in the middle of nowhere in the middle of Norway this very cold ‘comedy’ is about two couples bored with each other and they try a bit of wife swapping to liven things up. Well, it’s not exactly like that as one of the husbands hits on the other … Continue reading
