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Desperate Acquaintances

Country: Norway, Language: Norwegian, 94 mins

Original Title

Desperate Bekjentskaper
  • Director: Svend Wam
  • Writer: Svend Wam

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Three twenty-something male friends in a non-descript Norwegian city seeking happiness. In the crazy 90s with the sexual confusion, substance abuse, and welfare-abuse prevalent, the quest often involves desperate acquaintances (prostitutes, crazy, wrong choices), but most often through a very personal bond of their own. The three are different: One is gay just coming out, another is a 'liberated heterosexual' looking for love (in all the wrong places), and the third a manic depressive who alternates between mental wards and a yuppy existence.


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Cast & Characters

Anders Dale as Anders;
Janic Heen as Mefistofeles;
Bjarte Hjelmeland as Yngve;
Eirin Jansen;
Arne Jerpset as Drosjesjafor;
Kim Kolstad as Gutt pa disco;
Audun Meling as Mann i bar;
Pascale Nielsen as Sykepleier;
Lise Roestad as Mette;
Bjornar Teigen as Terje