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Fucking Amal (Show me Love)

Fucking Amal

Sweden / Denmark | 1998, 89 min.

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Festival edition: 1999

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Amal is a dead-end Swedish town. Living there, like in any small town, can be tough. A group of teenagers live in a provincial little town called Amal, where nothing ever happens. Like in any other place of this type, life can be tough, especially if you're an adolescent facing the disapproval of your peers. This comedy tells a contemporary story about longing, the joy and pain of being in love, the comical and heart-breaking aspects of growing up, and the courage it takes to be different. "Although many seem to think the dialogue is extensively improvised, every word was written down. (...) We must have seen at least 2,000 young people at casting sessions before we found the leads," says Jonsson, the film's producer. "Although the acting has been strongly lauded, most of the players are newcomers. So it took an exhausting period of rehearsing before we shot the film." "Fucking Amal" - the first feature length production directed by 29-year-old Lukas Moodysson - has turned out be a spectacular succes in Sweden and other Scanidinavian countries.

Director(-s): Lukas Moodysson

Born in 1969. Now lives in Malmö in the south of Sweden. Made his first short films while studying at Dramatiska Institutet film school in Stockholm. Published poems at age 17, followed by several collections of poetry and one novel. His short "Talk" (1997) has been shown at festivals. "Show me love" is his first feature.

Director's filmography

1994 Det var en mok och stormig natt (kr.m.)
1995 En uppgorelse i den undre varlden (kr.m.)
1997 Bara prata lite (kr.m.)
1998 Fucking Amal

Cast & Crew

Producer: Lars Jonsson

Cast: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecca Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Stefan Hörberg, Josefin Nyberg

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