Sauna (2025)
1h 45m
Running Time
January 27, 2025Release Date
Plot.
Johan is a completely ordinary young man who keeps all doors open when it comes to both love and sex. He has landed a job as a receptionist at Adonis, Copenhagen's only gay sauna, where he not only works but also gathers his very personal experiences and encounters with the sauna's other guests. For Johan, the city is like a boundless paradise of opportunities with bars, parties, and one-night stands, but it is only when he meets the transgender William that he experiences love up close. The love between the two is put to a tough test, as is often the case when living in a society governed by rigid ideas about gender, love, and identity.
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Cast & Crew.
Magnus Juhl Andersen
Nina Rask
Dilan Amin
Klaus Tange
Peter Oliver Hansen
Morten Burian
Billie N. Hviid Andersen
Theo Suissa
Anton Hjejle
Fuad Gumas
Sam Koosha
William Lippert
Writer
Mathias Broe
Writer / Director
Kenneth Cockwhore
Niels Munk Plum
Christian Gade Bjerrum
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
gay theme
transgender
Wiki.
Sauna is a Danish romantic drama film, directed by Mathias Broe and released in 2025. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mads Ananda Lodahl, the film stars Magnus Juhl Andersen as Johan, a gay man living in Copenhagen who freely engages in casual sex at the gay sauna where he works, but unexpectedly finds a deeper romantic connection when he meets William (Nina Rask), a trans man.
The cast also includes Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange, Peter Oliver Hansen, Morten Burian, Billie N. Hviid Andersen, Theo Suissa, Anton Hjejle, Fuad Gumas, Sam Koosha, Niels Munk Plum, Christian Gade Bjerrum, Kenneth Cockwhore and Daniel Muniz in supporting roles.
The film premiered on 27 January 2025 at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.