"Drømmer (Dreams)", interview with the director Dag Johan Haugerud and the actress Ella Øverbye

"Drømmer (Dreams)" is the third part of the trilogy written  and  directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, showing at Berlinale in the official Competition. This delicate, intelligent and realistic movie closes the trilogy of "Love" and "Sex"; it is the story of the coming of age of a young woman Johanne whose first love for her teacher is upsetting her world. We had a talk with the director and the actress to dig more into the motivations and the uplifting lesson of such a wonderful movie. This was supposed to be the second part of the trilogy. A personal memory Even if "Drømmer (Dreams)" was supposed to be the second and not the third episode of the trilogy, as the director Dag Johan Haugerud told us, still the film holds its force and sense as closing the circle. the reason of the choice of first love , as devastating as it is, and sweet as well, is based on memories of his personal first crush, that is replicated without any melodrama or melancholy, but with the typical sweet and sour taste those moments hold. An all-woman story In "Drømmer (Dreams)" we have three generations of women, each linked and depending on the others, but with the younger one (Johanne)  being the motor for a reconsideration of their lives and choices by the mother and the grand mother. These women talk, discuss and disagree as well, but there is a strong bond of respect and love.