Dreams

2024 [NORWEGIAN]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90%
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 3152 3.2K

Top cast

Ane Dahl Torp as Kristin
Nora Hagstrøm as Sopplukker
Anne-Karen Hytten as Sopplukker
Marja Folde as Lærer
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
976.48 MB
1280*692
Norwegian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  fr  de  it  es  
25 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 10
1.96 GB
1920*1038
Norwegian 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  fr  de  it  es  
25 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 38

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by frankde-jong 8 / 10

Toxic relationship or just a puppy love?

Norwegian films are on the rise. Just a few years ago a film from Norway was a rarity and the Norwegian film industry was small compared to their neighbors Sweden and Denmark. Hitchhiking on the success of Joachim Trier directors such as Erik Poppe and Dag Johan Haugerud also released successful films in recent years."Dreams" was the final episode in the Oslo trilogy of Haugerud that I saw. The Oslo trilogy of Haugerud was inspired by the "Three colors" trilogy (1993 - 1994) of Krzysztof Kieslowski and must be distinghuised from the trilogy of the same name by Joachim Trier.The Oslo trilogy consists of the episodes "Sex', "Love" and "Dreams". Each episode highlights (sexual) relationships from an alternative / liberal angle. "Sex" was a bit too alternative for me. "Love" in which one lead character develops from changing sexual contacts to monogamous and the other lead character the other way round was better. "Dreams" is in my opinion the best episode of the trilogy.In "Dreams" a teenager falls in love with her teacher. The film is less about what really happens in this relationship and more about the reaction of relatives (mother and grandmother) of the teenager.The film portrays the relationship more or less as just a puppy love while in general a relationship between pupil and teacher is deemed unethical and unprofessional. That the portrayel in "Dreams" is nevertheless convincing depends I think in no small measure to the fact that both characters are female. A relationship between a male teacher and a female pupil would have been regarded far more toxic.Funny thing is that in "Love" a similar thing happens in a relationship between doctor and patient. In this instance both characters were male.Just as in the other episodes "Dreams" spent lots of (screen) time at the portrayel of Oslo. Walks from one home to the other are used to portray the different neighborhoods of Oslo without contributing much to the overall story. The images are beautiful so it didn't disturb me.Last but not least do notice the symbolic way in which staircases are used.
Reviewed by Poldi_Berlin 8 / 10

I watched the screening during the Berlinale. The audience was 70% women of all ages and the audience had many scenes where we were laughing and cheering. The way the story is told allows the audience to drift in, like the characters and be very attentive. At the same time, the different generations get challenged to reflect and admit the lack of liberty in thinking and feeling. It is an amazing movie about feeling without pathos. And the actresses are amazing by all groups and characters. Truly a golden bear and also a movie that exemplifies how coming of age is often a box that is diminished by critics. This a coming at life movie.
Reviewed by thebeachlife 10 / 10

Reality in the eyes of the beholder

On the surface, this film is about a Norwegian teenage girl who falls in love with her school teacher and becomes obsessed with her crush. However, deep down, it has more layers to that: we can see various examples of how the so-called "objective reality" is perceived by us humans so differently and can lead to misunderstandings or conflicts but also serve as inspiration for literature or art. Drømmer is about this subjective reality of "my vision" of the world, the problems it might cause but also about the acceptance of this phenomenon however embarrassing its side effects could be.Deep, subtle, thought-provoking.
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