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Sauna

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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.

Critics Reviews

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David Opie IndieWire Sauna offers a unique yet relevant love story that treats the complexities of queer desire with nuance and compassion. Rated: B+ Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety On occasion, the film underlines its wider social points with a heavy hand, though there’s sensual fluency and delicacy here too. Feb 6, 2025 Full Review Drew Gregory Autostraddle I’m not criticizing a good movie because of how it tells a trans story. I’m criticizing a mediocre movie because a trans story that may seem fresh to some is all it has to offer. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Sara Clements Next Best Picture "Sauna" provides a rare insight into a relationship that is both beautifully complicated and profoundly significant. Rated: 7/10 Feb 26, 2025 Full Review Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Broe explores both men's realities, one buoyed by desire and the other stymied by political and social limitations. The filmmaker cleverly examines sexual identity and orientation and where they converge and diverge. Rated: B+ Feb 17, 2025 Full Review Peter Gray The AU Review Not all audiences will appreciate this approach, but those that do will surely be enveloped by its inclusive telling of an ultimately very human, ironically universal story. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 6, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Mathias Broe

Director

Magnus Juhl Andersen

Johan

Nina Terese Rask

William

Dilan Amin

Asif

Klaus Tange

Michael

Peter Oliver Hansen

Rolf
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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Mathias Broe
Producer
Mads-August Grarup Hertz
Screenwriter
Mathias Broe, William Lippert, Mads Ananda Lodahl, Mathias Broe, William Lippert
Production Co
Nordisk Film
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+, Romance
Original Language
Danish
Runtime
1h 43m