‘Sauna’ Review: A Cis Gay Man Sees Queer Life Through Another Lens in a Sensitive Danish Drama
variety.comGuy Lodge Film Critic The Copenhagen sauna and sex club where Johan (Magnus Juhl Andersen) works is called Adonis, and he does his best to represent the brand.
Tall, toned and tan, with a center-parted mop of wavy blond hair, he’s the very picture of Scandi male beauty — and a gay man who has never had his desirability questioned or challenged by others.
It’s a privilege he must finally reckon with when he falls for William (Nina Rask), a trans man still finding his place in a masculine sphere that isn’t always accepting of his body or his desires.
A thoughtful, tactile debut feature by Danish writer-director Mathias Broe, “Sauna” traces the awkward, formative romance that ensues between these two unexpectedly matched lovers, and is at no great pains to suggest they’re soulmates.
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