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Show Me Love

Show Me Love

I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.

19987.11h 29m

Overview

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.

Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Written by Lukas Moodysson
Produced by Lars Jönsson
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Top Cast

Alexandra Dahlström

Alexandra Dahlström

Elin

Rebecka Liljeberg

Rebecka Liljeberg

Agnes

Erica Carlson

Erica Carlson

Jessica

Stefan Hörberg

Stefan Hörberg

Markus

Josefine Nyberg

Josefine Nyberg

Viktoria

Ralph Carlsson

Ralph Carlsson

Agnes' Father Olof

Maria Hedborg

Maria Hedborg

Agnes' Mother Karin

Axel Widegren

Axel Widegren

Agnes' Little Brother Oskar

Jill Ung

Jill Ung

Elin's Mother Birgitta

Lisa Skagerstam

Lisa Skagerstam

Elin's Friend Camilla

Themes & Keywords

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About Show Me Love

Show Me Love is a comedy, romance, drama film released in 1998 exploring themes of coming out, small town, adolescence, sweden, coming of age, lesbian relationship. Directed by Lukas Moodysson, it stars Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson. 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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