Turn Me On, Dammit!
Turn Me On, Dammit!
| 30 March 2012 (USA)
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In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.

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Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Salem This girl did nothing wrong , but the society and parent always didn't understand and treat us as children know noting about life and should have upper authority to told us what to do what not . Every normal person on her age had this experience of exposing his sex desires ,but when they grow start denied it , For the movie time line were interesting and surprise sometimes the story goes on the way I didn't expect . I personally when I was on her state , I always having this fantasies, and felt guilty about it because religion (and the stupid society ) . But this girls was way more brave then me since confess to her mother saying ( I love sex ) , her mother reactions remind me many parent reaction what they discover their boy watching Porn , it's like they living in denial not accepting fact their children grow up , rarely we found a parent understand this and give their sons freedom and experience life bu themselves .
sol- Known to the English-speaking world as 'Turn Me On, Dammit!', this comedy-drama blend from Norway focuses on a sexually frustrated teenage girl who feels repressed by her outskirts town. She daydreams on a regular basis, often losing herself in fantasies (including a lesbian love scene with her best friend's sister!) so when a boy who she fancies "pokes" her with his manhood and then later denies it, the question arises of whether or she imagined it all. Promising all this might sound, the film does not really play around with the ambiguity of whether or not the poke actually occurred. She is always convinced that it did happen (even if we as viewers have our doubts) and the film instead focuses her ostracism at school as a result of the dispute over whether she was poked. Add in some nosy neighbours and the film has quite a bit to offer in terms of showing how suffocating a small town environment is, especially when everyone knows you and you have a reputation. Intelligent as this may be though, it is rather tame for a movie that opens with a daring scene in which the "almost sixteen" year old protagonist's dog watches with interest as she pleasures herself during phone sex. This is, in fact, the film's chief pitfall in a way as it delivers its best scene way too early in the piece. That said, the film is frequently funny and it consistently works as a comedy even if it is lightweight on explicit content and raunchiness. Several of her fantasies (especially those involving her boss) are laugh-out-loud funny and the film ends on a pitch perfect comical note. Great final line.
Sindre Kaspersen Norwegian director and screenwriter Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's feature film debut which she wrote, was shot in Western Norway and is an adaptation of a novel by Norwegian writer Olaug Nilssen from 2007. It premiered In competition at the 10th Tribeca Film Festival in 2011, was screened In competition at the 22nd Stockholm International Film Festival in 2011 and is a Norwegian production which was produced by Norwegian producer Brede Hovland. It tells the story about Alma, a fifteen-year-old girl who lives with her single mother in the village Skoddeheimen. Alma spends most of her time with her two girlfriends Sara and Ingrid and she's got a crush on a boy from her school named Artur, but after an awkward incident at a home party Alma is accused of being a liar and all of the sudden everyone is bad-mouthing her, she becomes an outcast at school and is abandoned by Sara and Ingrid. With no one's support except for her mother and unable to get across her side of the story, Alma leaves the Norwegian countryside. Finely and engagingly directed by Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, this quietly paced and character-driven fictional tale which is narrated from the protagonist's point of view, draws an acute portrayal of the hardships a rebellious and hormonal teenage girl who lives at a very quiet place faces when she is perceived as a fraud by everyone at her school. While notable for its naturalistic milieu depictions, fine cinematography by cinematographer Marianne Bakke and use of sound, this charming and nuanced coming-of-age tale about friendship, sex and family relations depicts a singular study of character and contains a good score by Norwegian composer Ginge Anvik. This low-keyed, somewhat romantic, atmospheric and freshly humorous comedy drama is impelled and reinforced by its many rare characters, quick-witted dialog, cogent narrative structure and the impressive acting performances by feature film debutants Helene Bergsholm and Malin Bjørhovde and the fine supporting acting performance by Norwegian actress Henriette Steenstrup. A direct and compelling directorial debut which gained the Award for Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film Jannicke Systad Jacobsen at the 10th Tribeca Film Festival in 2011.
billcr12 Alma is a high school girl in this offbeat comedy from Norway. It is apparent from the opening scene where the lead is on the floor next to a phone masturbating that this is very different from most teen films. Mom comes home and Alma hangs up from the sex hot line. She later explains the phone bill, telling her mother that she is horny; this is obviously told from a woman's perspective, the director is Jannicke Systad Jacobsen.Alma becomes a social outcast after accusing Artur, a classmate, of exposing himself and poking her in the thigh. His denials are believed and she escapes reality through fantasy, sexual and otherwise. even her best friends, Sara and Ingrid, doubt her story.Helene Bergsholm is very likable in the lead role as Alma but I didn't laugh much and the premise wears thin quickly.