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Dis: A Story About Love is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 1995
Dis: A Story About Love (1995)
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Add to a movie listA Story About Love (Norwegian: Dis – en historie om kjærlighet) is a 1995 Norwegian romantic film directed by Aune Sand, starring Beate Halkjelsvik, Beate Charlotte Lunde, Einar Lund, Aune Sand, Siv Stubsveen and Charlotte Thiis-Evensen. The film follows different couples and their love stories around the world, in Cairo, Normandy, Oslo and New York.
The film was universally panned by critics and is considered by some to be one of the worst films ever made. Despite this, it became a commercial success where fans embraced it as being "so bad its good". Today it is regarded as a cult film. Aune Sand insists that Dis is a masterpiece.
^ Værvågen, Tone B. (19 May 2009). "Norges største kalkun flyr igjen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 August 2010.
^ "Norges største kalkun flyr igjen". osloby.no (in Norwegian). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Slakter norsk film". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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