Norwegian drama 'Desires (Intercourse Love)' takes prime prize on the Berlin Movie Pageant

BERLIN (AP) — A Norwegian movie about love, want and self-discovery gained prime honors on the seventy fifth Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant on Saturday.

A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to “Dreams (Sex Love)” by director Dag Johan Haugerud.

Haynes referred to as it a “meditation on love” that “cuts you to the quick with its keen intelligence.”

The movie focuses on a teen performed by Ella Øverbyer, infatuated along with her feminine French instructor, and the reactions of her mom and grandmother after they uncover her non-public writings. It’s the third a part of a trilogy Haugerud has accomplished previously 12 months. “Sex” premiered at Berlin in 2024, and “Love” was screened on the 2024 Venice Movie Pageant.

The runner-up Silver Bear prize went to Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s dystopian drama “The Blue Trail.” Argentine director Ivan Fund’s rural saga “The Message” gained the third-place Jury Prize.

One of the best director prize went to Huo Meng for “Living the Land,” set in fast-changing Nineties China.

Rose Byrne was named finest performer for her position as an overwhelmed mom within the Mary Bronstein-directed “If I had Legs, I’d Kick You.” Andrew Scott gained the supporting performer trophy for taking part in composer Richard Rodgers in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon.”

The climax of the pageant generally known as the Berlinale got here on the eve of Germany’s parliamentary elections after a marketing campaign dominated by migration and the financial system.

The nationwide election is being held seven months early, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition collapsed in a dispute about the best way to revitalize the nation’s financial system.

Efforts to curb migration have emerged as a central problem within the marketing campaign — together with the query of the best way to deal with the problem from the far-right Different for Germany, which seems to be heading in the right direction for its strongest nationwide election end result but.