''A Story About Love'' ( no, Dis – en historie om kjærlighet}) is a 1995
Norwegian
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romantic film
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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
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Normandy
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Oslo
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, and
New York City
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The film was panned by critics and is considered by some to be
one of the worst films ever made. The critic Harald Kolstad from ''
Dagsavisen
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'' gave it a score of zero out of a scale from one to six, refused to acknowledge ''Dis'' as a film, and claimed to have never seen anything worse. Despite this, it became a commercial success, with fans embracing it as being "so bad it's good". Today, it is regarded as a
cult film.
Aune Sand insists that ''Dis'' is a masterpiece.
See also
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List of films considered the worst
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List of cult films
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References
External links
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''Dis''at Filmweb.no (Norwegian)
1995 films
1995 romantic drama films
Films set in Egypt
Films set in France
Films set in the United States
Norwegian romantic drama films
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