Show Me Love (1998)

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Original title	Fucking Åmål
Swedish release title	Fucking Åmål
International title	Show Me Love
Co-production title	Fucking Åmål (Danmark)
Distribution title	Show Me Love (USA) Fucking Åmål - Il coraggio di amare (Italien) Fucking Amal (Spanien) Raus aus Amal (Tyskland) Fucking Åmål (Norge)

Director	Lukas Moodysson
Screenplay	Lukas Moodysson
Producer	Lars Jönsson
Production Manager	Malte Forssell
Director of Photography	Ulf Brantås
Production Designer	Lina Strand Heidi Saikkonen
Film Editor	Michal Leszczylowski Bernhard Winkler
Production Mixer	Nils Nilsson
Script Supervisor	Malin Fornander
Story Editor	Håkan Lindhé David Wingate
Co-producer	Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Associate Producer	Anna Anthony
Location Manager	Karl Strandlind
Legally responsible	Lars Jönsson (ansvarig utgivare)
Unit Manager	Malini Ahlberg (as Anna Malini Ahlberg)
Production Assistant	Anna Gorbow Emma Kristina Sahlén
Craft service	AnnaCarin Andersson Marleine Gabriel P-A Grigor
Casting	Malini Ahlberg (as Anna Malini Ahlberg) (Trollhättan) Imor Hermann (Stockholm)
Production Accountant	Pia Janols
Unit Publicist	Ylva Swedenborg Malin Rosenqvist Daniel Pasztor
Film Commissioner	Charlotta Denward (Svenska Filminstitutet) Mikael Olsen
Still Photographer	Åke Ottosson
Assistant Cameraman	Trolle Davidson
Gaffer	Anders Freudendahl
Best Boy	Viking Selvén
Color Timer	Sten Lindberg
Negative Cutter	Jörgen Viman (as Jörgen Wiman)
Optical Printer	Gunnar Ahlgren
Costume Designer	Maria Swensson
Make-up Supervisor	Maria Swensson
Assistant Costume Designer	Lise-Lott Book
Make-up Assistant	Lise-Lott Book
Assistant Film Editor	Mia Eriksson
Sound Assistant	Niclas Merits
Sound Editor	Nils Nilsson Niclas Merits Niklas Skarp Anders Hörling
Re-recording Mixer	Morten Holm
Trainee	Khalil Al Harbiti Markku Mustanoja
Legal Advisor	Poa Strömberg
Other Crew	Jonas Eriksson (Avid-konsult) Susanne Lund (textkamera) Linnea Trägårdh (Avid-assistent) Andreas Jonsson Hay (as Andreas Jonsson) (Avid-assistent) Margaretha Wiechel (as Margaretha Wiechel-Eidhagen) (konsult laboratorium) Kerstin Hopstadius (resebyrå) Britt Odeberg (lärare) Gregers F. Dohn (trailerklippare) Leif Eriksson (Avid-ansvarig) Dan Ahlquist (affisch)
Thanks to	Denize Karabuda

Alexandra Dahlström	Elin
Rebecca Liljeberg	Agnes
Erica Carlson	Jessica
Mathias Rust	Johan Hult
Stefan Hörberg	Markus
Josefin Nyberg	Viktoria
Ralph Carlsson	pappa Olof
Maria Hedborg	mamma Karin
Axel Widegren	lillebror Oskar
Jill Ung	mamma Birgitta
Lisa Skagerstam	Camilla
Johanna Larsson	Elins kompis
Elinor Johansson	Elins kompis
Jessica Melchersson	Elins kompis
Lina Svantesson	Elins kompis
Daniel Teider	Johans lillebror
Nils Björkman	Bengtsson
Bosse Lyckman (as Bo Lyckman)	mannen i bilen
Per Larsen	lärare 1
Kenneth Larsson	lärare 2
Karl Strandlind	hockeytränare
Peter Teider	Markus kompis
Linda Malmqvist	tjej som gråter
-	Statistroller:
Christer Almar
Michael Andersson
Thérèse Andersson
Rialda Arifovic
Sanella Arifovic
Fredrik Arrelid
Vanessa Babot
Joséphine Bordi
Sandra Boström
Betty Carlsson
Alain Carlstein
Elias Chamoun
Maykel Chamoun
John Oli Dahl-Olsen
Dlawer Dalawe
Michaela Eklund
Elin Fransson
Kim Fransson
Fredrik Gunnarsson
Lina Gustafsson
Susanna Gustafsson
Grazyna Göransson
Peter Hildingsson
Malin Hultgren
Max Hylander
Niklas Johansson
Petra Johansson
Daniel Karlsson
Linda Karlsson
Andreas Kvist
Mårten Lauvall
Jonas Lenberg
Josephine Lewing
Carl-Johan Lext
Jonas Lindell
Robert Lindqvist
Frida Lundby
Jonas Lönn
Anthon Lövek
Rebecka Martikainen
Emma Massey
Andreas Mattson
Daniel Mattson
Modar Mohanna
Elisabet Nilebäck
Mikael Nordman
Martin Nyholm
Petra Nyman
Joakim Olofsson
Kalle Rosborg
Vlora Shabani
Martin Storåsen
Johanna Ström
Patrik Ström
Jonna Sundqvist
Bujar Syla
Linda Syla
Magnus Thell
Gustaf Tångne
Sofia Wennberg
Caroline Johansson

Production Company	Memfis Film AB		(i samprod m)
Co-Production Company	Zentropa Entertainments ApS
	Film i Väst AB
	Sveriges Television AB		(Göteborg)
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
	Det Danske Filminstitut
	Europeiska Unionen/Europeiska Gemenskapens Strukturfonder
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sonet Film AB	1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2009
	PAN Vision AB	2006
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Other Company	Filmek AB		(ljudstudio)
	Mainstream ApS		(Danmark, ljudstudio)

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Censorship number	135641
Date	1998-10-08
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2447 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 513-521-520-530-363

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2447 meter
Length in minutes	90 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Trollhättan

Sweden

Release in Sweden	1998-10-23	Filmstaden 1+11	Gothenburg	Sweden	89 min
	1998-10-23	DownTown 7	Malmö	Sweden	89 min
	1998-10-23	Filmstaden Sergel 7	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
	1998-10-23	Filmstaden Söder 3	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min
	1998-10-23	Saga 1	Stockholm	Sweden	89 min	(samt ytterligare 32 platser)
TV showing	2001-02-09	SVT1		Sweden	86 min
	2002-12-20	SVT1		Sweden	86 min
DVD release	2006-08-23			Sweden
	2009-02-06			Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2014-01-17
Festival showing	2014-03-12	Filmsatden 2	Malmö	Sweden	89 min	BUFF filmfestival, 2014.
TV showing	2015-10-09	SVT2		Sweden
	2016-05-07	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2017-03-15	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2018-10-06	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-08-24	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2019-08-26	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2019-08-26
VOD release	2023-06-30	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-07-06	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	Drifter
Composer	Henric de la Cour
	Yvonne
Performed by	Yvonne

Original title	Whirlwind
Composer	Henrik Berggren
Lyrics	Henrik Berggren
Performed by	Broder Daniel

Original title	No dinero no amor
Composer	Betty n' Boop
Lyrics	Betty n' Boop
Performed by	Betty n' Boop

Original title	När vi två blir en
Composer	Per Gessle	(1980)
Lyrics	Per Gessle	(1980)
Performed by	Gyllene Tider

Original title	U Drive Me Crazy
Composer	Waldo's People
Performed by	Waldo's People

Original title	Fantasy Dreamworld
Composer	Combayah
Performed by	Combayah

Original title	Adagio, stråkorkester, g-moll
Composer	Tomaso Albinoni
Musical Arrangement	Remo Giazotto	(ca 1945)
Orchestra	Stockholms Kammarensemble
Conductor	Jan-Olav Wedin
Instrumentalist	Gunilla von Bahr

Original title	I Want To Know What Love Is
Composer	Mick Jones	(1984)
Lyrics	Mick Jones	(1984)
Performed by	Foreigner

Original title	Funny Bunny Boy
Singer	Evelyn

Original title	Danny's Dream
Composer	Lars Gullin	(1954)
	Lars Söderberg	(1954)
Performed by	Lars Gullin Quartet

Original title	I'll Be Gone
Composer	Henrik Berggren	(1998)
Lyrics	Henrik Berggren	(1998)
Performed by	Broder Daniel

Original title	Simplicity
Composer	Souls	(1996)
Performed by	Souls

Original title	Underground
Composer	Henrik Berggren	(1996)
Lyrics	Henrik Berggren	(1996)
Performed by	Broder Daniel

Original title	Show Me Love
Composer	Max Martin	(1997)
Lyrics	Robyn	(1997)
Singer	Robyn

Festival Award	Valladolid	2000			(publikpris, Gay & Lesbian FF)
	Rotterdam	2000			(MovieZone Award)
Confédération Int'l des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai	Berlin	1999			(rekommendation)
Festival Award	Kyiv	1999			(Young Jury Awards Grand Prix (delat)
	Kyiv	1999			(bästa film; 2.500 USD)
FIPRESCI	Kyiv	1999
Festival Award	Ghent	1999			(studentjuryns pris)
	Karlovy Vary	1999			(publikpriset)
	Karlovy Vary	1999			(juryns pris)
Fédération Internationale des Ciné-club	Karlovy Vary	1999			(Don Quijote Award)
Festival Award	Valencia	1999			(delat 1:a pris, Luna de Valencia / Golden Moon of Valencia; 1.500.000 ptas, Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia - Cinema Jove / Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spanien)
	Berlin	1999			(International Gay & Lesbian Teddy Award, Best Feature Film)
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1999	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Ralph Carlsson
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1999	Best Picture
	Stockholm	1999	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Rebecca Liljeberg
	Stockholm	1999	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Alexandra Dahlström
	Stockholm	1999	Best Screenplay	Lukas Moodysson
	Stockholm	1999	Best Director	Lukas Moodysson
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Gothenburg	1999			(årets film 1998)
Nordic Audience Award (GP & Göteborg Film Festival)	Gothenburg	1999			(50 000 kr)
The Kurt Linder Grant	Stockholm	1999			(10 000 kr)
Prize	Stockholm	1999		Lukas Moodysson	(TV4:s /Nyhetsmorgons N.P. Sundgrens/ pris Guldsolen)
Festival Award	Valencia	1999
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Stockholm	1998			(årets film)
Nöjesguiden Magazine Stockholm Prize	Stockholm	1998		Lars Jönsson

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Show Me Love (1998)

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