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Sundance Steamy Queer Sex Drama ‘Sauna’ Scores Major Market Deals in North America, Germany, Spain (EXCLUSIVE)
TrustNordisk’s sales parlay an upbeat critics’ reaction for ‘Sauna’s’ sensitivity and knowingness in depicting a cis-trans love story.
Danish queer sex drama “Sauna,” a Sundance Festival hit, has closed its first significant international market deals, sales house TrustNordisk licensing North America to Breaking Glass, Germany to Salzgeber & Co Medien and Spain to Filmin. With key sales to North America, Germany, and Spain, ‘Sauna’ proves that powerful and authentic voices from Danish cinema can travel far and touch hearts across borders.” “Little touches, like scenes in which Johan douches on the toilet or casually cleans up cum in the sauna, further ground the film as distinctly queer in ways a straight filmmaker could never understand,” Indie Wire added.
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