WARSAW FILM FESTIWAL

PL
ENG

FESTIVAL 2024

ABOUT WFF

FILMMAKERS

JOURNALISTS

INDUSTRY

NEWSLETTER

LOGIN / TICKETS

Programme Cinemas/Tickets Q&A's with filmmakers Multimedia News Jury FesTivi Blog

About WFF Sections, awards Sponsorship History Film archive Contact Newsletter

Submit a film Accreditations

Accreditations Press materials

WFF KIPA DAYS WARSAW NEXT Wajda School New Talents DocLab Poland Polish Association of Editors FIPRESCI

Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy

PL
ENG

FESTIVAL 2024

Programme Cinemas/Tickets Q&A's with filmmakers Multimedia News Jury FesTivi Blog

ABOUT WFF

About WFF Sections, awards Sponsorship History Film archive Contact Newsletter

FILMMAKERS

Submit a film Accreditations

JOURNALISTS

Accreditations Press materials

INDUSTRY

WFF KIPA DAYS WARSAW NEXT Wajda School New Talents DocLab Poland Polish Association of Editors FIPRESCI

NEWSLETTER

Sign in

LOGIN / TICKETS

Fucking Amal (Show me Love)

Fucking Amal

Sweden / Denmark | 1998, 89 min.

add to favourites Screening schedule

Screenings:

Festival edition: 1999

Section:

Dialogue language:

Genre:

Description:

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

Contact:

Other films from section

The Shoe

The Shoe

Kurpe

dir. Laila Pakalnina

Latvia / Germany, 1998 - 83

In the late 1950's the white sandy beaches of Latvia were part of the Soviet Union's frontier. Every night, Soviet tractors would comb Latvia's coast and leave fine grooves in the sand. Trespassers of any kind who might cross the beach would leave telltale tracks and lead Soviet patrols to investigate. One morning, three Soviet patrolmen discover a woman's shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to the local village of Leipaja. Alarms sound, troops are dispatched: an official inquiry begins. But things don't go well. Despite their military training, the patrolmen can't solve the mystery. Leipaja has seductive power. The troops take too much time, neglect their task and begin to enjoy themselves. The men ask, cajole and order woman after woman to try on the shoe, but it never fits. Leila Pakalnina's rendition of Cinderella is very much different from the fairytale we all know so well. This time there is no prince charming, only paranoia.

read more

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

dir. Shekhar Kapur

, 1998 - 121

Beautifully photographed and superbly acted, the director managed to combine a lavish production with a richness of characters. "Elizabeth" is a romantic drama depicting the early life of a woman of independent spirit who ascended to the throne in 1558. She inherits a palace rife with court intrigue, betrayal and formidable opposition from abroad, in a country wracked by religious and political dissension following the death of Queen Mary I. Sir William Cecil, her chief advisor, insists Elizabeth marry either the French Duke of Anjou or King Philip of Spain to secure the realm, but she cares only for her childhood sweetheart, Robert Dudley. , Elizabeth realises that if she is to survive, she must exert her authority in her court and in Europe, overcoming internal conspiracies to emerge as the legendary historical figure we know.

read more

Hold You Tight

Hold You Tight

Yue kuai le, yue duo luo

dir. Stanley Kwan

, 1997 - 95

The popularity of films made in Hong Kong, especially of the Noir style, has been steadily increasing in Europe, so the festival success of Stanley Kwan's latest production comes as no surprise. A talented documentary-maker, he has now filmed a multidimensional tale about five individuals living in Hong Kong just as it to be turned over to China in 1997. "On the surface, this is a film about people and relationships. Beneath the surface, it's a study of the ways that people in Hong Kong -including myself - have reacted to the '1997' issue. I didn't set out deliberately to deal with either'1997' or the 'gay issue', but I find myself more and more drawn to these questions. The film shows three ways of approaching relationships, and all of them are drawn from my own experience. The boy Jie's struggle with his own identity and sexual orientation is something that I went through myself. And Tong's attempt to draw a line between his sex life and his friendships is also something I can relate to. And the marriage of Ah Moon and Fung Wai has a lot in common with the relationship I've had with my lover William for the past seven years. My intuition is that we in Hong Kong will one day look back on this period in our lives and regret all the things we allowed simply to slip away." Stanley Kwan

read more

Mifune's Last Song - Dogme 3

Mifune's Last Song - Dogme 3

Mifunes sidste sang - Dogme 3

dir. Soren Kragh-Jacobsen

Denmark, 1998 - 98

An entertaining romantic comedy that was a sensation during the festival in Berlin. The film begins with Kersten marrying Clair, his boss's daughter. His hopes for a brilliant career and a carefree life are shattered just one day later when he receives news that his father died. The trouble is, he'd never got around to telling Claire and her family about his father who had been eking out a living on a run-down farm for years. Nor did Kersten tell his wife and in-laws about his mother, who hanged herself or about Rud, his mentally handicapped brother. Taking time out from business and marital commitments, Kersten heads for home to sort things out, and soon realises he must get some-one to look after Rud, an amiable slob of a man quite incapable of caring for himself. The successful applicant for the position of housekeeper is Liva (lben Hjejle - declared most promising young actress at the Berlin festival) - an attractive, seemingly pro-ficient young woman. Sparks start to fly... The title of his film refers to the name of the Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune who played in Kersten's favourite film - Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", and to a game played by the brothers in which Kersten entertained Rud with an impersonation of the wannabe samurai.

read more

By continuing your visit on our website you consent to the use of cookies according to our cookies policies. Read more.X

FESTIVAL 2024

Programme
Cinemas/Tickets
Q&A's with filmmakers
Multimedia
News
Jury
FesTivi
Blog

ABOUT WFF

About WFF
Sections, awards
Sponsorship
History
Film archive
Contact
Newsletter

FILMMAKERS

Submit a film
Accreditations

JOURNALISTS

Accreditations
Press materials

INDUSTRY

WFF KIPA DAYS
WARSAW NEXT
Wajda School New Talents
DocLab Poland
Polish Association of Editors
FIPRESCI