Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

31 May 2020

Show Me Love (1998)

Come through, Swedish lesbian coming-of-age romantic comedy! This is the gay high school movie I needed in gay high school! And it came out when I was just out of high school. This one even has a happy ending. Highly recommended.

In the U.S. Fucking Åmål was called Show Me Love when it was released in 1999. The original title is not about fucking anyone but is an expletive referring to the terrible town in which the young people in this film live. They hate it there and they're constantly saying "fucking Åmål". When my friends and I first heard it in the film we laughed our heads off. I chose this film as my selection one week for the unseen movie club just based on the fact that I knew it was a gay film I hadn't seen. It was a great choice. It's a really delightful movie.

You can find a copy of it here at the Cave of Forgotten Films website.

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