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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   25,009 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Lukas Moodysson (writer)
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Release Date:
23 October 1998 (Sweden) more
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Tagline:
Jag ska aldrig mer bli ihop med nån. Jag ska bli celibat. more
Plot:
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
19 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth Undertaking
 (From IFC. 20 November 2009, 9:24 AM, PST)

Film: Review:Mammoth
 (From The AV Club. 19 November 2009, 12:00 PM, PST)

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One of the best love stories seen on film more (305 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alexandra Dahlström ... Elin Olsson
Rebecka Liljeberg ... Agnes Ahlberg (as Rebecca Liljeberg)
Erica Carlson ... Jessica Olsson
Mathias Rust ... Johan Hulth
Stefan Hörberg ... Markus
Josefine Nyberg ... Viktoria (as Josefin Nyberg)
Ralph Carlsson ... Agnes' Father Olof
Maria Hedborg ... Agnes' Mother Karin
Axel Widegren ... Agnes' Little Brother Oskar
Jill Ung ... Elin's Mother Birgitta
Lisa Skagerstam ... Camilla
Lina Svantesson ... Malin
Johanna Larsson ... Sara
Elinor Johansson ... Jenny
Jessica Melkersson ... Sabina
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Also Known As:
Show Me Love (Canada: English title) (UK) (USA)
Fucking Åmål (Denmark)
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Runtime:
89 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Although set in the Swedish town Åmål, not a single scene was actually shot there. All exteriors were filmed in Trollhättan, almost 100 miles away. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Although Agnes did not make a very good job of slashing her wrist, the wound should still have been visible in later scenes. more
Quotes:
Jessica: It's the same with Markus. Although he's getting better now, in the beginning it was just... prrffft. more
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Featured in Bag om filmen 'Fucking Åmål' (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
U DRIVE ME CRAZY more

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54 out of 66 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best love stories seen on film, 27 March 2005
9/10
Author: slake09 from Silver Lake, Ohio, USA

I watched this with my girlfriend, who said it was one of the best love stories she had ever seen - I tend to agree. I am not usually a fan of love stories, preferring a good zombie flick, but this one transcended the genre by showing emotion and motivation of the characters in such an interesting way that you couldn't help but sympathize with them.

I confess that my motivations for watching it were rather base; I heard that it was about teenage Swedish lesbians, and thought that was a subject I would certainly like to explore in more depth. On the one hand, there are none of the explicit scenes I was hoping for; on the other hand, I got into the movie so much I didn't miss them.

Fans of love stories, teenage angst, girl power and anything related will definitely like this movie. Other people will like it too, you'll just have to talk them into watching it. It would certainly make a good date movie, or just one to provoke discussion and romance.

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