The Copenhagen sauna and sex club where Johan (Magnus Juhl Andersen) works is called Adonis, and he does his best to represent the brand. Tall, toned and tan, with a center-parted mop of wavy blond hair, he’s the very picture of Scandi male beauty — and a gay man who has never had his desirability questioned or challenged by others. It’s a privilege he must finally reckon with when he falls for William (Nina Rask), a trans man still finding his place in a masculine sphere that isn’t always accepting of his body or his desires. A thoughtful, tactile debut feature by Danish writer-director Mathias Broe, “Sauna” traces the awkward,
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