Desperate Acquaintances (1998)

3.0/10 • 94 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Bjarte Hjelmeland

Anders Dale

Bjørnar Teigen

Kim Kolstad

Gutt på disco

Audun Meling

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