Only We Can Love Like This (1988)

Anneli is soon to be 17 years old. She lives alone with her mother and can barely remember her father who left the family 10 years ago. One day she receive a letter from her father, who is ... See full summary »

Director:

Staffan Hildebrand

Writers:

Staffan Hildebrand, Joakim Schröder

Stars:

Izabella Scorupco, Håkan Lindberg, Anki Lidén

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Izabella Scorupco	...	Annelie
Håkan Lindberg	...	Jonny
Anki Lidén	...	Annelie's Mother
Stig Engström	...	Annelie's Father
Kim Anderzon	...	Boarding-house supervisor
Marcus Trapp	...	Mackan
Mårten Thomasson	...	Jonny's Father
Dominik Henzel	...	DJ
Ulf Granqvist	...	Raffe
Andrej Anderzon-Möller	...	Robin
Patrik Ehrman	...	Johnnys lillebror
Thea Östling	...	Sanna
Thomas Andersson	...	Epa-kille
Hans Paulsen	...	Epa-kille
Patrik Svedberg	...	Epa-kille

Storyline

Anneli is soon to be 17 years old. She lives alone with her mother and can barely remember her father who left the family 10 years ago. One day she receive a letter from her father, who is a helicopter pilot up north. Anneli decides to visit him, but on her way up, she meets Johnny and falls in love.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | sex scene | barefoot woman | eastern europe | helicopter pilot | 

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Taglines:

En kaerleksfilm av Staffan Hildebrand

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Soundtracks

Inga kan Älska som Vi
Performed by Grace

User Reviews

Charming romance from an unlikely director

'Nobody can love like us', is the presumptuous title of the movie. I would say it's not to be regarded as a bold statement of the movie makers, but a way of showing the teenage mind. To teens, so many things are 'nobody', 'everybody', 'never', 'always', and so on. Surprisingly, the movie is soft and low-voiced, with a delicate, humble depiction of a teenage love story.

This is additionally surprising, when considering the director of it. Hildebrand made a few teen movies before this one, but they contained a rather simplified moral and a two-dimensional, sort of Disney cosmology. I was quite surprised to see him manage a story of this sensitivity and refinement.

The story is not just a meeting between a boy and a girl, but also between countryside and urban life. It's great fun to see the twain meet, and be reminded of the often remarkable differences.

Furthermore, there is great charm in how the growing attraction and the intimacies between the teens are shown. There is beauty in it, and genuine sympathy. So the love story becomes sort of a threesome, since the movie is, in itself, a loving observer of it.

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

12 August 1988 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Only We Can Love Like This

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmen Kompisar KB, Finansfästet, Sparbanken

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)