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14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.


“Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soulmate in the headmaster's son Kim with whom he forms a bond of friendship... that slowly grows into something more.

Anders Agensø
Bo

Peter Bjerg
Kim

Jørn Faurschou
Lærervikar Andersen

Ove Sprogøe
Kim's Father / Superintendent

Elin Reimer
Kim's Mother
Jan Jørgensen
Teacher Jens Carstensen
Merete Axelberg
Teacher Mortensen

John Hahn-Petersen
Teacher Justesen

Hugo Herrestrup
Conradsen

Beatrice Palner
Mrs. Jensen
You Are Not Alone is a drama, romance film released in 1978 exploring themes of coming of age, teenage sexuality, lgbt, lgbt teen, boys' boarding school, boys' school. Directed by Ernst Johansen, it stars Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Jørn Faurschou. Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soulmate in the headmaster's son Kim with whom he forms a bond of friendship... that slowly grows into something more.
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