Desperate Acquaintances

(1998)

★ 3 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1998

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: Norway

Director: Svend Wam

Cast: Bjarte Hjelmeland, Anders Dale, Bjørnar Teigen, Janic Heen, Kim Kolstad, Pascale Nielsen, Lise Rostad, Eirin Jansen, Audun Meling

Plot

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.