Drama director Christopher Borgli is receiving backlash after an essay he wrote in 2012 justifying his relationship with a teenager resurfaced on Reddit.
In a Norwegian magazine clip Dagens Naeringsliv written in 2012, Borgli, 40, described his “extraordinary summer” in love with a 16-year-old girl, which is the age of consent in Norway, when he was 10 years old, calling it a “May-December” relationship. (The term “May-December” refers to the age difference in love that society does not accept.)
“I met a girl ten years younger than me who I really liked—a girl who wasn't old enough to vote—and I had to find something that would refresh my moral compass,” Borgli, who was in a relationship with a teenager for 27 years, wrote in the story, translated into English by. The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, March 26. “The few friends I confided in about my situation responded that it was not 'within limits.' That confirmed it was a May-December romance. “
The director, his latest film Drama will play in theaters in April, he recalled the evolution of his love with a young girl, including their closed life.
“Next to me was a dark-skinned girl, a high school student who was enjoying a rare vacation in May,” Borgli recalled when they were in his apartment. “I chose to see him that way, to describe him by his age, and I chose not to see him again.”
He agreed, “But you can't choose what the heart wants.”
Borgli explained that to solve his “emotional problem” he turned to it Lost in Translationwhich showed the love of May-December no Bill Murray again Scarlett Johansson who were 53 and 18, respectively, at the time of filming.
The filmmaker pointed Woody Allen's Manhattan as a major influence on whether you will continue to see this girl. He noted that the 1979 film featured a 42-year-old man in love with a 17-year-old girl, which was presented in a “straightforward way” that did not cause “controversy.”
“Why shouldn't my relationship – with a very small age difference – in 2012 be 'within limits'?” Borgli sighed, revealing, “I chose to listen to Woody over my friends.”
Borgli shared that he was “fascinated” by the girl's life, calling her “exactly the same size” as him as she played the piano, went to gallery openings and felt grown up.
“Suddenly we were together all the time—long days at my apartment, eggs and bacon and Woody Allen movies for breakfast (he was also a fan), long walks with his parents' dog, and weekday evenings at restaurants and bars (where they didn't check ID),” she admitted.
Borgli added that when the girl's parents were not there they drank their wine and read their books.
Robert Pattinson, Kristoffer Borgli, Zendaya at 'The Drama' Los Angeles Premiere.
Lisa O'Connor/AFP“That summer, I didn't go – for the first time as I remember – but the time we spent together that summer in his parents' apartment was the most beautiful and unusual summer I've ever had,” he wrote, but when his parents came home “unexpectedly in the morning from vacation” and he had to go out of the first floor window, the love stopped.
Borgli concluded, “Summer ended, and our weekends became regular weekdays.
Us Weekly reached out to Borgli and A24, the production company behind it Dramato be noted.
Scarlett Johansson is standing by her support of Woody Allen, regardless of his reaction. Johansson, 41, reflected on her decision to support Allen, 90, in 2019 as he faces charges of sexual assault, telling The Telegraph in an interview published on Saturday, November 29, that it was “hard to know” whether he would get any results from him. […]
After THR translated the story, made its rounds on Reddit – and users were quick to criticize the director for his previous actions.
“Ooooof that's disappointing. I didn't know about this,” one fan wrote on the forum.
“What's going on,” replied another fan. “So, instead of accepting that he's a fornicator who shouldn't act on his horrors, he decided that everyone was wrong and that his 1970s dreams should guide his life?”
A third user admitted that he did not want to support Borgli's new film before its release on Friday, April 3.
“Well … guess I won't be watching Drama,” this person wrote on Reddit. “I'm usually pretty good at separating art and artist in general but exploiting very young girls is where I draw the line 🙅.”
