SAUNA

By Mathias Broe

SAUNA is selected for main competition at Sundance Film Festival 2025

FACTS

Title: SAUNA
Original title: SAUNA
Director: Mathias Broe
Cast: Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange, Peter Oliver Hansen
Genre: Drama
Duration: 100 min
Language: Danish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: William Lippert & Mathias Broe
Cinematographer: Nicolai Lok
Editor: Linda Man
Production Company: Nordisk Film A/S
Producers: Mads-August Grarup Hertz
Production year: 2024
Executive producers: Katrine Vogelsang, Henrik Zein
Budget EUR: 1.1M.
Film status: Post-production


SAUNA follows Johan, a young gay man, through his experiences with love and sex. He has just started working as a receptionist at Adonis, Copenhagen's only gay sauna, where he works and spends much of his time. For Johan, the city is like a boundless paradise of opportunities with bars, parties, and one-night stands, but it is only when he meets transgender William that he experiences love up close. The love between the two is put to a tough test as their relationship develops within a  society governed by rigid ideas about gender, love, and identity.

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