Bare Bea (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Petter Næss

Writer:

Johan Bogaeus (writer)

Release Date:

23 January 2004 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Bea is 16 and nine months, and the only one left in her crowd who yet hasn't debuted sexually. This...

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Sex | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Kaia Foss	...	Beatrice 'Bea' Løvås
Kamilla Grønli Hartvig	...	Mia
Ida Thurman-Moe	...	Sara (as Ida Thurmann-Moe)
Maria Brinch	...	Anniken (as Maria Gullaksen Brinch)
Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen	...	Anders
Espen Klouman-Høiner	...	Daniel (as Espen Klouman Høiner)
Henrik Skjerve	...	Alex
Fredric Finzi Gjertsen	...	Bronc
Christoffer Lossius	...	Trond
Stig Zeiner-Gundersen	...	Gustav
Nastaran Javedani	...	Ursil
Kristina Kvåle	...	Nina
Lindsay Sanders	...	Julia
Jakob Oftebro	...	Jørgen
Janne Kokkin	...	Mother

Also Known As:

Bara Bea (Sweden)
Bea (Sweden) (working title)
Just Bea (International: English title)

Runtime:

Norway:86 min

Country:

Norway | Sweden

Language:

Norwegian | Danish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11

Company:

Filmlance International AB

Trivia:

In Bea's room there is a poster on the wall of the band "Surferosa", the same band that did the music for the soundtrack.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Anders and Bea are in the room drinking, there are two ice cubes left in the glasses when they are empty. When Bea refills the glasses moments later the ice cubes are gone (there wasn't time for them to have melted).

Wonderful tale of first love

I enjoyed this film very much! it's a heartfelt account of a 16-year-old girl, Bea, she's the last in her group of friends who is still a virgin. And of course she's thinking a lot about sex, why is it her who hasn't done it yet...

Her girl friends set her up with an older boy (because, as they say, you shouldn't have sex for the first time with someone you love), and that guy, Anders, seems a bit aloof at first but the two understand each other well. On the other hand, Bea does have a crush on a very handsome guy from the year above her, Daniel, who seems to find her attractive too.

I feel that "Bare Bea" explains very well the feelings that go through Bea's mind while she's trying to establish herself and that the film portrays very naturally the feelings about sex and love that Bea experiences in her relationships with Anders and with Daniel.