Turn Me On, Goddammit!

You'll be gladder to have seen this beguiling little film if you can find it.
-Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Jacobsen's clever, compassionate treatment of Alma's romantic predicament involving Artur, her exhibitionist crush, comes from a perspective you virtually never see in American films.
-Sara Stewart, New York Post
"Turn Me On !" est un teen movie nordique rafraîchissant. (...) Une belle surprise.
-Stéphane Canot, Première
La sexualité des adolescentes traitée avec tact et poésie...Vive la Norvège !
-Laurent Pécha, Ecran Large

Synopsis

In this offbeat coming-of-age comedy, Alma is a small-town girl with a big imagination and an even bigger libido. Horny and looking for love, she has only her kindly phone sex operator to cure her boredom. After a titillating encounter with a school heartthrob, she gains the uncomfortable nickname “Dick Alma”, and that’s when her troubles begin.  Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Tribeca Film festival, Turn Me On, Goddammit! perfectly balances candid sexual content with earnest teenage awkwardness.

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, May 18, 2012
Original Languages: Norwegian
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 76 min.
Year: 2011

CREDITS

CAST
Helene Bergsholm
Henriette Steenstrup
Malin Bjørhovde
DIRECTED BY
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

TRAILER


PHOTOS

Left to Right: Artur (Matias Myren) and Alma (Helene Bergsholm). Courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Left to Right: Ingrid (Beate Støfring), Alma (Helene Bergsholm) and Sara (Malin Bjørhovde). Courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Left to Right: Sara (Malin Bjørhovde), Alma (Helene Bergsholm) and Ingrid (Beate Støfring). Courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Left to Right: Alma (Helene Bergsholm), Sara (Malin Bjørhovde) and Ingrid (Beate Støfring).Courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Left to Right: Alma (Helene Bergsholm and Artur (Matias Myren). Courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Left to Right: Alma (Helene Bergsholm). Courtesy of Mongrel Media.