Show Me Love
“I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.”
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.
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Cast
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Alexandra Dahlström
Elin
Known for
In Bed with Santa
Our Day Will Come
Rebecka Liljeberg
Agnes
Also in
Sunes jul
Bear's Kiss
Erica Carlson
Jessica
Also in
Camp Slaughter
6 points
Stefan Hörberg
Markus
Josefine Nyberg
Viktoria
No other roles listed
Ralph Carlsson
Agnes' Father Olof
Known for
Millennium
The Ugly Stepsister
Maria Hedborg
Agnes' Mother Karin
Known for
Are We Lost Forever
Incident by a Bank
Axel Widegren
Agnes' Little Brother Oskar
Also in
Christmas Oratorio
Jill Ung
Elin's Mother Birgitta
Also in
Saltön
Sjätte dagen
Lisa Skagerstam
Elin's Friend Camilla
Lina Svantesson
Elin's Friend Malin
No other roles listed
Johanna Larsson
Elin's Friend Sara
Lukas Moodysson Director · Ulf Brantås Cinematographer Michał Leszczyłowski Editor
United States release October 15, 1999 · Produced in Denmark, Sweden · Languages Hungarian, Swedish
Production
Memfis Film
Production
Film i Väst
Production
SVT
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Denmark · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Fucking Åmål
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Hungarian · Swedish
Release dates
Denmark · October 23, 1998
Limited theatrical
Sweden · October 23, 1998
Theatrical
United States · October 15, 1999
Theatrical
United States · October 31, 2000
Physical
United States
June 3, 1999 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
Argentina
November 29, 2001 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Finland
October 23, 1998 · Limited theatrical
April 23, 1999 · Theatrical
France
June 7, 2000 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 99396
Germany
February 9, 1999 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
December 22, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
February 17, 2011 · Premiere · Tokyo Northern Lights Festival
Netherlands
December 3, 2000 · Theatrical
December 31, 2000 · Physical · DVD
May 30, 2002 · TV · Nederland 2
July 11, 2024 · Theatrical · Pride re-release
Norway
October 23, 1998 · Limited theatrical
Slovakia
July 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
October 5, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 1, 1999 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
December 29, 1999 · Physical · DVD
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