Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alexandra Dahlström | ... | Elin Olsson | |
Rebecka Liljeberg | ... | Agnes Ahlberg (as Rebecca Liljeberg) | |
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Erica Carlson | ... | Jessica Olsson |
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Mathias Rust | ... | Johan Hulth |
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Stefan Hörberg | ... | Markus |
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Josefine Nyberg | ... | Viktoria (as Josefin Nyberg) |
Ralph Carlsson | ... | Agnes' Father Olof | |
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Maria Hedborg | ... | Agnes' Mother Karin |
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Axel Widegren | ... | Agnes' Little Brother Oskar |
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Jill Ung | ... | Elin's Mother Birgitta |
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Lisa Skagerstam | ... | Camilla |
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Lina Svantesson | ... | Malin |
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Johanna Larsson | ... | Sara |
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Elinor Johansson | ... | Jenny |
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Jessica Melkersson | ... | Sabina |
Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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.