Seventeen year old Johanne has a crush on her new
teacher Johanna, building into first love and even obsession. ‘In desperation, Johanne goes round to see
Johanna uninvited, knocks tearfully on her door and Johanna opens it
and hugs her, apparently instantly empathetic’ - Peter
Bradshaw, Guardian.
Much of the film though is told one year later,
when Johanne presents her poet grandmother Karen with the manuscript of
an intimate memoir. But is it fact or fiction, real or just dreams?
Karen is more struck by Johanne’s talent for writing - better than her
own - whilst Kristin, Johanne’s mother, is worried that her daughter
might have suffered sexual abuse. The film, though reminds us ‘that though our desires may shift over
time they stay with us long after we’ve scrambled out of our teenage
years’ - Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film.
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