The first feature film from 29-year-old director and highly acclaimed poet Lukas Moodysson, Show Me Love has been a tremendous success in Sweden. Not only was it Sweden's entry for this year's Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film, it rivaled Titanic as Sweden's number one box office hit.

A sensitive, funny and bittersweet story about two teenage girls growing up in a small town named Åmål, who find liberation in a conservative setting. One of these teens is the pretty and popular 15-year-oldElin (Alexandra Dahlström) who desperately wants something to happen in her Iife. Her older sister, Jessica, is eager to set her up with numerous guys. Several people are already in love with Elin, including the unpopular Agnes (Rebecca Liljeberg), who is rumored to be a lesbian. The story kicks in with Agnes reluctantly holding her 15th birthday party at the insistence of her well-meaning mom.

Bored and aimless, Elin and her sister decide to go to Agnes' party, and Agnes' mom shows them up to Agnes' room. Being left alone in the room for a few moments affords Elin and Jessica a chance to steal a look at Agnes' computer. What they discover prompts Elin to agree to a bet —she'll kiss Agnes for 20 krona. No sooner said than done. Elin kisses Agnes and runs off howling with laughter. Feeling guilty, Elin later returns and asks for forgiveness. The two girls take a walk, get to know each other, and end up kissing again — this time for real! During the next few days at school, however, Elin is cruel to Agnes and ignores her. While Agnes puts up with the increased homophobia from her fellow students, the super cool Elin finds herself racked with thoughts of Agnes.

Show Me Love explores the minds of the teenage girls with surprising sensitivity. The result is an unclichéd contemporary story about longing, the joy and pain of being in love, the comical and heartbreaking aspects of growing up — and the courage it takes to be different.