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Johanne's intimate writings about her first love stir friction within her family, prompting her mother and grandmother to reexamine their own realities and dreams. 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, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.
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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Sharply written, insightful and exhilaratingly unexpected, this film is one of the very best of the year so far. Oct 7, 2025 Full Review Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com ‘Dreams’ winds up leading viewers to feel both mildly implicated and overwhelmingly frustrated as Johanne’s narrative gradually veers from questions about what really happened to Johanne to why we care in the first place. Rated: 2/4 Sep 13, 2025 Full Review Zachary Barnes Wall Street Journal Mr. Haugerud has this time channeled most of his verbiage into Johanne’s voiceover, which continues throughout the movie to smothering effect. It’s a shame, because the film has a lively, radiant cast and vibrant images. Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Michael Scoular In Review Online It stands out in the trilogy... [but] Haugerud’s tendencies of over-universalizing his scenarios, and of never finding a way out of a schematic structure for the films besides adding on more interpretive scaffolding via dialogue, are still present. Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Marcelo Paredes Cinencuentro n a world obsessed with keeping up appearances and the uncertainty of the future, Haugerud offers an honest, tender, and brutally direct work, unafraid of seeming corny. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Mauricio Jarufe Caballero Cinencuentro In the end, Dreams fails to fully unravel the intense mystery of its protagonists, but it does convince us of the power of storytelling as the only means of doing so. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 50 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Johanne's intimate writings about her first love stir friction within her family, prompting her mother and grandmother to reexamine their own realities and dreams. 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, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.
Director
Dag Johan Haugerud
Producer
Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum
Screenwriter
Dag Johan Haugerud
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Motlys
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 50m