coming of age

Show Me Love (or Fucking Åmål) (director: Lukas Moodysson) is a multi-award winning film and a brilliant example of that coming-of-age teen drama.

We see Agnes (Rebecka Liljeberg), still considered 'new' to the school, a sad, lonely outsider who is hopelessly, desperately in love with Elin (Alexandra Dahlström), the girl whose looks and sass have earned her a place in the popular group, Agnes is barely on her radar. It seems like the only thing the girls have in common is their longing to break free of the small town environment of Åmål, where when something's in trend, it takes so long to get there, that it's out all ready.