Show Me Love

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

1998 1h 29m SV

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7.1

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93%

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7.5

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★7.1TMDB · 615🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes●73Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 56,818

ComedyRomanceDrama

Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Alexandra Dahlström
Elin
Rebecka Liljeberg
Agnes
Erica Carlson
Jessica
Stefan Hörberg
Markus
Josefine Nyberg
Viktoria
Ralph Carlsson
Agnes' Father Olof
Maria Hedborg
Agnes' Mother Karin
Axel Widegren
Agnes' Little Brother Oskar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lukas Moodysson
Writers: Lukas Moodysson
Languages: Swedish
Countries: Denmark, Sweden

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Sweden.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lukas Moodysson, shot by Ulf Brantås. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michał Leszczyłowski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecka Liljeberg and Erica Carlson carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0150662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lukas Moodysson directs. Ulf Brantås behind the camera. Michał Leszczyłowski cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark, Sweden. Dialogue in Swedish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Sweden.
4Directed by Lukas Moodysson, shot by Ulf Brantås. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Michał Leszczyłowski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecka Liljeberg and Erica Carlson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.".
8IMDB entry: tt0150662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "coming out", "small town", "adolescence", "sweden".
10Released under 15 different titles around the world.