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Show Me Love is a suédois film of genre Drama directed by Lukas Moodysson released in USA on 15 october 1999 with Rebecca Liljeberg

Show Me Love (1998)

Fucking Åmål

Show Me Love
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Released in USA 15 october 1999
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginSuede
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating74% 3.7480453.7480453.7480453.7480453.748045

Show Me love (Swedish: Fucking Åmål, [ˈfakɪŋ oːmoːl]) is a 1998 Swedish film directed by Lukas Moodysson.

The film follows the lives of two seemingly disparate teenage girls who begin a tentative romantic relationship. The film first premiered outside Sweden at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival under its original title. According to Moodysson, the problem with the original title started when the film was Sweden's candidate for the Academy Awards, though eventually it was not chosen as a nominee: the Hollywood industry magazine Variety refused to run an advertisement for a film with that title, and thus American distributor Strand Releasing asked for a new title to be chosen. Moodysson took the new title from the song at the end of the film, by Robyn. Distributors in other native English-speaking countries then followed suit.

For writer Moodysson, it was his directorial debut in a full-length film. Starring in the lead roles were Rebecka Liljeberg, as Agnes, and Alexandra Dahlström, as Elin. The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception and won four Guldbagge Awards (Sweden's official film awards) at the 1999 ceremony. Its international awards include the Teddy award at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival.

The Swedish title refers to the small town of Åmål in western Sweden. Only a few scenes were actually filmed in Åmål and these were not included in the final version. The main shooting took place in the nearby town of Trollhättan, location of Film i Väst's (the company that produced the film) film studios.

Synopsis

Two girls, Agnes and Elin, attend school in the small town of Åmål in Sweden. Elin is outgoing and popular, but finds her life unsatisfying and dull. Agnes, by contrast, has no real friends and is constantly depressed. Agnes is in love with Elin, but cannot find any way to express it.

Actors

Rebecca Liljeberg

(Agnes)Alexandra Dahlström

(Elin)Mathias Rust

(Johan)Erica Carlson

(Jessica)
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