Tor, a nurse who works with cancer patients, looks sceptical.
Marianne gives it a try on Tinder and meets a man who tells her he is married.
Does he feel guilty?
Andrea Braein Hovig and Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen in ‘Love’Venice Film Festival
Yes, extremely guilty!
Youve ruined it a bit, now, he says accusingly.
Sex is never just sex.
All of Oslo is here, even if the focus is on people talking.
Marianne is a consultant urologist who seems quiet, self-contained and admits to being relatively indifferent to sex.
She doesnt want a partner; she is content.
He is not above having a bit of fun with them, however.
Two women playing with children?
A same-sex couple, obviously.
A trio of burghers, showing two men and one woman?
A polyamorous threesome in the making!
Her fellow municipal officers try not to look dubious.
That went badly, Heidi says afterwards.
He invites her to dinner.
Mulling over a three-dimensional model of Oslos mineral strata, their lips meet.
They are moving inexorably towards boxed-in coupledom.
At the same time, Tor is finding unexpected joy in another kind of relationship.
He is yet to call it love, but it certainly isnt just sex.
In fact, it doesnt involve sex at all.
Call it Scandi blanc: a film about decent people, everyday life and love.
