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- 2025
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 50 m
- 2025
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 50 m
Summary 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, Johan...
Directed By: Dag Johan Haugerud
Written By: Dag Johan Haugerud
- 2025
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 50 m
- 2025
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 50 m
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Summary 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, Johan...
Directed By: Dag Johan Haugerud
Written By: Dag Johan Haugerud
Where to Watch
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Get 3 Extra months free
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
81
75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sep 11, 2025
Coming-of-age works are about discovery, but Dreams reminds us that this process can be fluid and fanciful. Our fantasies shape who we are because they invite us to clear out the mist — and find firmer ground on the other side.
May 15, 2025
The film’s precise juxtapositions of sight and sound produce brilliant flashes of insight, cascading specifics of texture and emotional coloration, and a cumulatively seductive, almost musical flow.
Jul 30, 2025
At its best, Dreams is intimate and contemplative, anchored by Overbye’s dreamy voiceover and performance. The second half loses some of that purpose.
Feb 19, 2025
This is an amiably talky film, and yet I never for a moment considered that the central relationship was being presented with anything less than seriousness, and there is much dry comedy to be enjoyed.
Sep 5, 2025
A story of hazy memories that’s also a city symphony, Dreams elegantly captures the disorienting rush of first love and the frustrations and anguish that stem from romantic fantasies colliding with reality.
Sep 11, 2025
With his trilogy, Mr. Haugerud has shown himself to be intelligent, compassionate and possessed of writerly flair. But filmmaking is, among other things, a demanding balancing act, dependent on a director’s taste and discernment in answering a wide array of questions—about sound, image and character, big themes and minor details. Dreams suggests he’s still trying to find his cinematic equilibrium.
Sep 12, 2025
It’s a character-driven drama populated by sketchy characters who are mostly compelling thanks to the movie’s strong ensemble cast and Haugerud’s typically sensitive direction. So unfortunately, the suggestive power of Johanne’s journey fades as the movie slowly heads to its inconclusive finale.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Oct 26, 2025
This may carry a lot. More than the Golden Bear! You can see it as a coming of age movie, an unrequited love story, a **** one, a real test of how emotions tremble in different life stages or a unique story about the ambiguity of art & literature production but it disastrously failed whatsoever! I tried hard to find the exact word to describe my feelings towards the first hour and I found it to be ANGRY! I was really angry. I was about to quit. Is that an audiobook?! There are few moments when I thank God that he will leave me a space to start looking deeply at his characters and feel their emotions but he soon stabbed me with another hefty monologues. I found out at the end that Mr. Haugerud is originally a novelist. This is how not to make a movie with narration. It's not the same way of writing novels, I swear! This could be a real gem if the narrator shut the f* up & let us feel. (and remove that pretentious scene of the nan climbing the ladder) Shout out to the teenager She’s a good actress. I have no intention to watch the other parts in the trilogy nor to watch a movie chosen by Todd Haynes! But at least, I learned a new way of making tea.
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Sep 14, 2025
Com medo de ser mais incisivo (coisa que nem "Close" foi), o filme é lindo na captura de um romance prematuro entre a aluna e a professora, mas se torna frio em seu desenrolar, mais parecia que estavam criando uma tempestade em copo d'água. Não há aqui uma tensão, até mesmo a mãe e a avó da jovem se conformam com a situação, então todo o desenrolar , apesar de verossímil, joga num terreno bem anticlímax. E nem romance foi, está mais pra uma admiração com pitadas freudianas de desejo.
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Production Company
- Motlys
- Viaplay Group
Release Date Sep 12, 2025
Duration 1 h 50 m
Awards
Amanda Awards, Norway
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Haifa International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
