Life and Death

Year: 1980

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: Norwegian

Director: Svend Wam

Drama

A married doctor invites the gay medical student he is infatuated with to live with him, and his wife consents, leading the three to attempt a non‑traditional, polyamorous arrangement. Their fragile balance is soon tested as external homophobia and societal prejudice threaten to unravel the relationship.

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