The images in the film are bright and clear for a foreign film in 1978. If you've ever watched Second City Review and seen their parody of foreign films you'll be disappointed here. This film keeps you on the edge in a very subtle way. Is it gay? The plot deals with a boys boarding school- go figure. It's not ashamed, apologetic, political, or anti-religious. It just is. You'll just have to watch it. But watch the uncensored version not the one on YouTube. I really do hate that kind of censorship regardless of who's doing it. Still, I wish I could've had a boyfriend like Kim when I was that age; that and everything else it would've taken to have such an ending. Peter Bjerg is just gorgeous. No, I mean gorgeous. I don't know about now but I imagine still cute in a masculine way. There is a kiss in this film which is comparable to the shot of Dominique Swain kissing Jeremy Irons in Adrien Lynes' "Lolita"; when she runs upstairs to kiss him goodbye. I just won't tell you which scene it compares to. Both scenes and soundtrack are very compelling- even though I don't understand Danish. Also the word 'androgynous' comes to the foreground. Something unheard of in my neck of the woods of that era. It took me a while to figure who was what gender. Such a story might even have come from Ireland (present day). I did some reading on Denmark after watching this film. Why would this movie and "Friends" (Paramount, 1971) cause such a stir in the 'Land of the Free"? And it don't sound so Brave to me. I just saw this film over the weekend and thought 'Too bad Peter would be about 42 now." This film is not homophobic; it definitely would have been if it were dealing with Americans- in any era. You should look up Denmark's history of gay rights. Denmark rocks! Oh! Peter Bjerg, you were so lovely. Kim is mature for his age group, growing past playing 'Indians' with his peers. I just found it odd about the age difference; the way I was segregated by age in my school, we never had contact with 12 year olds when I was 15. But then this takes place in a boarding school. The boys in school are really laid back; 'jocks' and grab ass aren't present, there's none of that sport team homophobia you'd get with an American screenplay. There are some stills of Peter Bjerg out there somewhere that are pretty decent resolution. God, he's cute! So anyway watch the film, I hope you enjoy it.
Review of You Are Not Alone
