If you're going to see one teen movie with LGBT themes, make it this one

[redorchids]

panicmydear found my favourite teen movie on YouTube! With English subtitles! \o/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkhZwZ0c8g

Fucking Åmål (Show Me Love in English)
Agnes is 16, unpopular and in love with Elin, who's 14 and the hottest thing in school. Elin hates living in Åmål, a town so boring that when new things get popular, they're already on the "outdated trend" list in the rest of the world.

I love pretty much everything about this movie. The characters are wonderful (including the supporting cast. Agnes's dad in particular just makes me go <3333 with how much of a typical Swedish dad he is), the script is really good (subtitles are a little weirdly translated sometimes, but overall, they totally work) and this movie is basically my teen years put on film (well, not really mine, because I was a very well-behaved teen who stayed at home reading books and went to ping-pong nights at the local church, but other than that :)). On top of that, it's really funny and the ending always makes me go \o/.

See it. :)

Comments

[arctic-grey.livejournal.com]

Aaah, Fucking Åmål, this movie brings back soooooo many memories! And I agree that the ending is a \o/ moment and utterly satisfying! Not seen it in forever, maybe I should watch it again.

[redorchids.livejournal.com]

You should. :) I rewatched it this morning (first time in a whole bunch of years) and was all :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD all the way through. lol.

[panicmydear.livejournal.com]

The credit must be given to victoriaflannel, as she was the one who gave it to me in the first place. (:

But a totally awesome movie indeed.

[trcunning.livejournal.com]

It's also on Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5599594765620844277#) if you're willing to put up with the weirdo page layout.

[trcunning.livejournal.com]

You can also download it as an .mp4 and get the embed code.

[redorchids.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. :)))

[chicken-cookie.livejournal.com]

Oooh, looks good. And now I have an actual reason to put off my homework! :D

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

That was such a fabulous movie! Thanks for the recommendation, I feel like I know all of the gay coming-of-age films but none about ladies, and this one was so real. The ending made me happy too--remembering adolescence can suck but teenagers can make brave, amazing decisions as WELL as shitty ones! This is how we survive it!

[redorchids.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. :)

Ooh, gay coming-of-age films? You have any recs? :)))

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

Gay coming-of-age! <3 My three favourites are definitely

- Glue, a 2006 film from Argentina (trailer here, it's not hard to find in indie video stores or to download online).
- Another Gay Movie (trailer), which is pretty hot but also makes fun of teen movies like American Pie and popular gay media like Queer As Folk!
- Y Tu Mama Tambien, which I'm sure you've heard much about!

[redorchids.livejournal.com]

Thank you!