SAUNA
Johan, a struggling bathhouse employee, falls for a trans man he meets on a hookup app. Their bond forces Johan to confront his biases and his struggle with self-love in Mathias Broe's bold debut from Sundance.
Description
Set in a Copenhagen bathhouse where nightly encounters blur fantasy and reality, SAUNA follows Johan, a young cis man adrift in a world of casual hookups. When he meets William, a trans man navigating Denmark’s labyrinthine medical system in pursuit of hormones, he begins to confront his own fears, prejudices, and sense of self. A breakout international success at Sundance, Mathias Broe’s timely debut is an inviting, intimate film that daringly imagines queer love beyond fetishization and lays bare the discrimination trans men still face—even within gay spaces.
“SAUNA is a rare queer romance that refuses easy answers. Mathias Broe crafts an intimate portrait of desire, shame, and discovery, while illuminating the systemic barriers trans men face—and the transformative possibilities of connection in the most unexpected places.” – David Hatkoff, Executive Director
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Director
Mathias Broe
Writer
William Lippert, Mattias Broe
Cast
Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Terese Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange, Peter Oliver Hansen, Morten Burian, Theo Suissa, Anton Hjejle, Daniel Muniz
Showtimes
In-Person
6:00 PM - SVA
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