Director: Svend Wam

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Birthday: 1946-05-05
Born in: Son, Norway
Biography: Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam (born 5 May 1946 in Son) is a Norwegian film director. He is known for his cooperation with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød. Description above from the Wikipedia article Svend Wam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sebastian: When Everybody Knows

In this thoughtful Scandinavian drama, a teenage boy wrestles with his sexuality and learns that most of his deepest fears were unfounded. Sebastian is almost 17 when he figures out that he is a homosexual. Though he lives with wonderful, stable parents and has a good-hearted sister, he finds himself wracked with turmoil and suddenly withdraws from them all. The more they try to understand why, the more distant Sebastian becomes. Things get worse when he falls in love with the handsome Ulf, who comes from an unstable, tempestuous home. Sebastian realizes he is lucky, but still can't help but become irritated when he brings Ulf home for dinner. His parents are too nice and this quietly infuriates their son. Eventually they leave the two boys alone in the house. Sebastian have great fun doing teenage guy stuff, but then they take a bath together and it is then that Sebastian tries to kiss Ulf.
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Sebastian: When Everybody Knows

1995

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The Dream Castle

The families are talking about moving together in a house, and finally does it. After a year renovating, they are to celebrate their new collective. But the year living together has taken it's toll on their relations.
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The Dream Castle

1986

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Farewell Illusions

A harrowing and ironic story about the first big and well educated generation born after WW2, living without any major concerns between 1965 and 1975.
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Farewell Illusions

1985

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The Wedding Party

A great crazy-comedy from Wam & Vennerød. Bryllupsfesten (English: The wedding party) is a 1989 Norwegian comedy film written by Petter Vennerød, and directed by Vennerød and Svend Wam, starring Knut Husebø and Eli Anne Linnestad. Businessman Carl Otto "Totto" Holm (Husebø) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and plans a staged robbery of the family's Munch engraving.
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The Wedding Party

1989

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