Scandinavian Coming of Age Movies
Scandinavian Coming of Age Movies
Portraits of youth and young adulthood
Portraits of youth and young adulthood
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- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki LidénIn the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.Sweden
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBirgir Dagur BjarkasonÁskell Einar PálmasonViktor Benóný BenediktssonAddi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBaldur EinarssonBlær HinrikssonDiljá ValsdóttirIn a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsÁgúst WigumEinar Jóhann ValssonValdimar Örn FlygenringThe film shows a strong bond between two brothers who live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey marking a turning point in the brothers' lives.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsFlóki HaraldssonViktór Leó GíslasonDaníel Óskar JóhannessonA boy from a small town has never kissed a girl. So one day he and his friends decide to go to the 'big city' to see if they have more luck there. In the city, the boys get much more than they bargained for.Iceland
- DirectorDagur KáriStarsTómas LemarquisÞröstur Leó GunnarssonElín HansdóttirIs he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas station. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world.Iceland
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.Sweden
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsElín HallEyrún Björk JakobsdóttirLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirDrawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.Iceland
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsRade SerbedzijaIngvar SigurdssonEva SigurdardottirAri's teenage lifestyle in the big city is disrupted as he is sent by his mother to live with his uninvolved father and his grandmother in a small fishing village.Iceland
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsAtli Óskar FjalarssonHera HilmarSigurdur Jakob Helgason2 Birds takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsAtli Óskar FjalarssonIlva HolmesGísli Örn GarðarssonA 16-year old Icelandic boy's first kiss with another boy gives him "jitters"--feelings he can't deny. This is a well-written film that captures the confusion and excitement of being a teenager, with an attractive ensemble cast. The film follows the lives of several teens and the challenges they face, in particular with their parents/guardians.Iceland
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsÖrvar Jens ArnarssonRúrik HaraldssonSigrún HjálmtýsdóttirThe story of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s. Tomas loves the movies and is highly influenced by them.Iceland
- DirectorGísli Snær ErlingssonStarsSturla SighvatssonGunnar CautherySigfús SturlusonBenjamin dufa is movie about four friends. They love knights and dream to be knights when they grow up. The friends get in trouble with bullies and one of them (Baldur) gets in serious trouble with the bullies and something really sad happens to him.Iceland
- DirectorÁsa Helga HjörleifsdóttirStarsIngvar SigurdssonThorvaldur KristjanssonHilmir Snær GuðnasonA wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.Iceland
- DirectorGísli Snær ErlingssonStarsHjalti Rúnar JónssonHans Tittus NakingePálmi GestssonIn the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a young boy from an avalanche and they become friends. The young Icelandic boy has to fight for his friends existence against the ignorant villagers, who want him imprisoned or even killed.Iceland
- DirectorÞorsteinn JónssonStarsKári GunnarssonGuðrún GísladóttirHjalti RögnvaldssonEmil is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.Iceland
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsPáll Jósefs SævarssonWilhelm Jósefs SævarssonSteinunn JóhannesdóttirThe twins Jon Oddur and Jon Bjarni are growing up in Reykjavik in the early 1980s, where opinions and relationships between people are in a state of flux.Iceland
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsPálmi GestssonUnnur SteinssonSteinar Torfi VilhjalmssonA young boy is spending the summer on his uncle's horse farm. He takes care of the sheep and plays cowboy but is suddenly drawn into the world of adults when his uncle meets the woman of his dream. The boy follows how his uncle tries to seduce this beautiful lady - with both happy and tragedic consequences.Iceland
- DirectorBragi Thor HinrikssonStarsIsabel Karin AguilarGunnar Stefán BjarnasonÞröstur Leó GunnarssonWhen a young girl is bullied at school she has to look beyond the pain to overcome the problem. With her strong will and good heart she believes that deep inside her oppressor is a friend worth having.Iceland
- DirectorBragi Thor HinrikssonStarsHarald G. HaraldssonKristinn Óli HaraldssonKristín Erla PétursdóttirLife can be complicated when you're only eleven.Iceland
- DirectorAri KristinssonStarsBergþór ÞorvaldssonÞórdís Hulda ÁrnadóttirÁrni Beinteinn ÁrnasonKalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.Iceland
- DirectorBille AugustStarsPelle HvenegaardMax von SydowErik PaaskeWhen his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.Denmark/Sweden co-production
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.Sweden
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Sweden
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsGunnel BroströmFolke SundquistMargaretha KrookA coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri.Sweden/Iceland co-production
- DirectorStaffan HildebrandStarsIzabella ScorupcoHåkan LindbergAnki LidénAnneli is soon to be 17 years old. She lives alone with her mother and can barely remember her father who left the family 10 years ago. One day she receive a letter from her father, who is a helicopter pilot up north. Anneli decides to visit him, but on her way up, she meets Johnny and falls in love.Sweden
- DirectorStaffan HildebrandStarsJoakim SchröderSebastian HåkanssonNiclas WahlgrenThree friends, Robban, Alexander and Kim has just left the compulsory school, and now they consider themselves grown-up and mature, being 16 years old. During the summer holiday they also get a bit of experience of the world: Robban becomes a full-time drug addict, Alexander plays in a rock band but leaves it and Kim is desperate to get the girl of his dreams.Sweden
- StarsEllen FjæstadCarl-Robert Holmer-KårellUlrika BergmanAdam meets Eva, he begins to like Her, and it seems that she is interested in him.Sweden
- DirectorRagnar BragasonStarsThora Bjorg HelgaIngvar SigurdssonHalldóra GeirharðsdóttirA girl is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in the dark music of Black Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star.Iceland
- DirectorGunnar B. GudmundssonStarsHildur Berglind ArndalEdda ArnljótsdóttirSigurbjartur AtlasonOrmur, a teenager who believes he is a genius poet, comes to face with trials and tribulations of adulthood and needs to grow up quickly.Iceland
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsÍda Mekkín HlynsdóttirGrímur HlynssonÞorgils HlynssonSiblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.Iceland
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsLisa LindgrenMichael NyqvistEmma SamuelssonIn 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.Sweden
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsHanna ZetterbergDan HåfströmBörje AhlstedtRonja, the only child of robber chief Mattis must learn to survive the dangers of her local wilderness. In secret she also befriends Birk, the son of a rivaling robber Borka.Sweden
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsMaj-Doris RimpiOlle SarriÁnne Biret SombyA reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.Sweden
- DirectorUlf MalmrosStarsKjell BergqvistAnastasios SoulisRebecca SchejaTwo kids move in with a lonely undertaker who is secretly in love with the town's school teacher.Sweden
- DirectorJan TroellStarsEddie AxbergGudrun BrostUlla AkselsonA working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving from job to job and meeting a variety of individuals who gradually shape his future.Sweden
- DirectorReza ParsaStarsPer GraffmanMaria LundqvistSasha BeckerA Middle Eastern taxi driver living in Sweden, alongside his daughter's classmate, finds his life descending into chaos, terrorism and the demons of his past.Sweden
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsAlba AugustMaria BonnevieTrine DyrholmBiopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.Sweden
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsMira BarkhammarMira GrosinLiv LeMoyneThree girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.Sweden
- DirectorPernilla AugustStarsNoomi RapaceOla RapaceOuti MäenpääA drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.Sweden
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsJohan WiderbergMarika LagercrantzTomas von BrömssenStig, a 15-year-old student, is attracted to the beauty of Viola, his 37-year-old teacher, and she, drawn to his youth and innocence, feels that he is a God-sent relief for her drunken and miserable husband.Sweden
- DirectorRonnie SandahlStarsErik EngeAlfred EnochMaurizio LombardiThe true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.Sweden
- DirectorFredrik EdfeldtStarsBlanca EngströmShanti RoneyAnnika HallinStory of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.Sweden
- DirectorKay PollakStarsTomas FrykAnita EkströmIngvar HirdwallReine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.Sweden
- DirectorMartin AsphaugStarsAnton LundqvistJesper AdefeltJonas KarlssonThe year is 1962. Erik, his newly acquainted friend Edmund and his grown-up brother Henry are going to spend their summer holiday in a fairly decayed house just near the lake Genesaret. One day, Ewa Kaludis, who looks like Kim Novak, turns up at the place while the summer continues to be the best ever - until it comes to a halt as she begins a fatal relationship with Henry and "the terrible thing" happens ... and nobody knows who dunnit.Sweden
- DirectorReza BagherStarsMax EnderforsAndreas af EnehielmJarmo MäkinenTwo boys grow up together in the town of Pajala during the 1960s. United by rock'n'roll music.Sweden
- DirectorÅke SandgrenStarsJesper SalénStellan SkarsgårdBasia FrydmanIn 1920s Stockholm, young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother, and boxer brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them Roland makes slingshots, which he sells. His rebellious ways have won him his schoolteacher's special attention; his teacher always makes sure he is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles; it's a successful business, but it eventually lands him in hot water.Sweden
- DirectorLisa OhlinStarsBill SkarsgårdHelen SjöholmJan Josef LiefersTwo boys come of age in Sweden during World War II.Sweden
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsSebastian Hiort af OrnäsEva MelanderKenny WåhlbrinkSebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in a small apartmentSweden
- DirectorJesper GanslandtStarsJohn Axel ErikssonHolger ErikssonDavid JohnsonThe last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.Sweden
- DirectorJens JonssonStarsJerry JohanssonHampus JohanssonGeorgi StaykovRille, an ostracized and bullied teenager, who only excels in the ping pong room, descends into a life-and-death struggle with his younger, more popular brother when the truth about their father surfaces during their spring break.Sweden
- DirectorAlexandra-Therese KeiningStarsTuva JagellEmrik ÖhlanderLouise NyvallNectar from a magic flower allows three girls to live as boys for a while.Sweden
- DirectorLisa AschanStarsMathilda ParadeiserLinda MolinIsabella LindquistTwo adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.Sweden
- DirectorKjell-Åke AnderssonStarsNick BörjlindRolf LassgårdAnn PetrénSummer of 1959. 11-year old Osvald spend his summer holiday with his parents in the countryside of Södermanland. His father has promised to play soccer with him and get some exercise. He also promised the locals to teach the church choir an Argentine mass. The father has a slight alcohol problem, so will he be able to do it?Sweden
- DirectorChristina OlofsonStarsTove EdfeldtAnna GabrielssonAlexandra DahlströmAfter starting sixth grade, Nora finds herself in a spiral of intrigue as she strives to find acceptance from the popular girls at school. She feels especially conflicted when a bullied girl Karin tries to strike up a friendship with Nora.Sweden
- DirectorSofia NorlinStarsSebastian Hiort af OrnäsAlfred JunttiLina LeanderssonIn a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world around, while the ground literally trembles under their feet.Sweden
- DirectorErnst JohansenLasse NielsenStarsMartin HøjmarkOle MeyerJens Wagn RasmussenA group from a ten to sixteen-year-old Danish educational center breaks the rules there and goes to an uninhabited island in a stolen boat. When the boat disappears, they are left to themselves, and their holiday turns into a nightmare: peer pressure, serious violence, accidents. But for some of them also an experience of love.Denmark
- DirectorVibeke GadStarsStephanie LeonLaura ChristensenPernille HøjmarkTwo young girls - Christina and Maj-Brit - are neighbors and best friends. They come from two different worlds and have their issues. One of those issues tears them apart.Denmark
- DirectorErnst JohansenLasse NielsenStarsAnders AgensøPeter BjergOve SprogøeTwo precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.Denmark
- DirectorBille AugustStarsAdam TønsbergLars SimonsenCamilla SøebergDenmark, 1963: Teenagers Bjørn and Erik are into girls and being in a band helps Bjørn meet Anna. Erik likes Kirsten but she likes Bjørn. Having a mentally ill mom at home also ruins Erik's chances. Anna's pregnancy changes everything.Denmark
- DirectorBille AugustStarsAdam TønsbergPeter ReichhardtMorten HoffIn the early '60s, 3 Danish classmates join a "den"/tree house. Steen likes his pet fish Zappa because it eats the weaker fish. Bjørn attracts girls and Mulle is a talkative, strong boy. Steen gets them into burglary and later escalates.Denmark
- DirectorPeter Schønau FogStarsJannik LorenzenJesper AsholtJulie KolbeckSouthern Jutland, DK, early 1970s: A dysfunctional family is burdened by an evil, self-righteous father, who manipulates his 11 y.o. son and 14 y.o. daughter with his repeated suicide threats.Denmark
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsEva Gram SchjoldagerJan JohansenLine Arlien-SøborgWe follow the Danish students in a class at Århus Katedralskole late 1950s, from age 13 till 16.Denmark
- DirectorMark RasoStarsGethin AnthonyFrederikke Dahl HansenSebastian ArmestoWhen the girl of your dreams is half your age, it's time to grow up.Denmark
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsLine Arlien-SøborgJesper KleinCarsten JørgensenIn Århus, Denmark, mom's in hospital, pregnant, while dad and 16 y.o.daughter are spending time together painting the baby room. Dad can't accept that his daughter has grown up with interest in guys etc. Instead, he turns to spying on her.Denmark
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsRosalinde MynsterPilou AsbækJens Jørn SpottagThe daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.Denmark
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsVillads BøyeAnders W. BerthelsenSidse Babett KnudsenMartin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.Denmark
- DirectorStellan OlssonStarsErik ClausenNina GunkeBenjamin Rothenborg VibeCopenhagen 1930. Through the eyes of a boy, his family and the outside world is depicted. A well knit, working class family. The boy has great expectations on his father. This leads to the involuntary unmasking of the father.Denmark
- DirectorMorten ArnfredStarsAllan OlsenFrits HelmuthHanne RibensThe coming of age of a young man in the 1950s.Denmark
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsThomas V. SolnæsSofie Linde LauridsenJesper SvaneA bunch of 15-year-olds in Viborg make their first experiences with love, kissing and sexuality, coming together and drifting apart. The film follows the adolescents over a three-year-period, focusing on the relationship between Jonas and Agnete, which is made difficult by misconceptions, Agnete's interest for philosophy and Jonas's friend Toke, her father's mental illness and Jonas's own indecision regarding his feelings for her. The story ends when the protagonists finish school.Denmark
- DirectorGert FredholmStarsBror Bødtker-NæssAllan OlsenChristian HonoréLille Virgil, 8 years old, lives by himself and his own rules, in a shed he has adapted himself. He spends his time looking after his chicken, helping village people, after a fashion, going to school (when they're not suspended), and grifting for what he needs. He and his best friend have a hairy old time with their exploits, including dodging Orla, the local ne'er do-well, and setting him up to get caught.Denmark
- DirectorChristian E. ChristiansenStarsLaura ChristensenStephanie LeonJulie R. ØlgaardChristina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille, a tight-knit gang of girlfriends, she slacks her schoolwork, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is turned upside down when Cecilie's boyfriend Shaid starts hitting on her, and Cecilie mistakenly believes the two of them are making out. Cecilie takes offense at Christina and the other girls turn furious. Suddenly Christina is on the receiving end of the girls' wrath, being bullied. Quickly things are getting out of hand and suddenly everything is too late!Denmark
- DirectorStefan HenszelmanStarsClaus Bender MortensenThomas ElholmThomas SigsgaardSixteen year old Kristian is very shy, and is struggling to adjust to his new Copenhagen school. He makes friends with two very different boys, nonconformist Henrik, and bullying clique leader Patrick, who he soon discovers is gay.Denmark
- DirectorMorten ArnfredHenning KristiansenStarsKim JensenAllan OlsenHelle NielsenSteffen is picnicking with his girlfriend, daughter of a rich businessman, when he meets Charly - trying to steal Steffen's moped. Later they end up as BFFs despite the differences.Denmark
- DirectorKasper Rune LarsenStarsFrederikke Dahl HansenJonas Lindegaard JacobsenJacob SkyggebjergNorge, 22, is your typical slacker kid. He aimlessly wanders suburban blocks with a beer, a joint, and his only friend Myre. The two kids dream of moving to the big city and starting a music career. But everything changes when 16-year-old Josephine turns up claiming to be pregnant with his child.Denmark
- DirectorRumle HammerichStarsSimon Dahl ThaulowPeter SteenStine Fischer ChristensenDrama about the difficult early years of Danish writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen.Denmark
- DirectorTea LindeburgStarsFlora Ofelia Hofmann LindahlIda Cæcilie RasmussenPalma Lindeburg LethOn a farm in the late 1800s, an intense wait begins when a mother goes into a complicated labour and 14-year-old Lise must prepare herself for a night that could change her life forever.Denmark
- DirectorHeidi Maria FaisstStarsFrederikke Dahl HansenAnne Sofie EspersenKirsten OlesenLouise's mother has just been released from prison. Louise sells everything to get close to her mother and throws herself into a world of parties drugs and men. But everyone forgets that Louise is just a teenager.Denmark
- DirectorMarie Grahtø SørensenStarsVic Carmen SonneFrederikke Dahl HansenThomas W. GabrielssonDepressed Sally, 17, is locked up at Teenland. A pink, prison-like institution for teens who are so fucked emotionally that they have developed supernatural powers. Everything changes when Sally encounters power sociopath Ting- e-ling, who convinces Sally that she must use her skills and dare to loose control. This is what teenagers do! When playing a provocative sexual play, the two girls are punished. Sally wakes up in a world far from the pink prison she knows. Instead the institution is bleak and she has momentarily slipped out of her psychosis. But Sally is changed, and when she is reminded that the institution has captured her friend, she decides to save Ting- e- Ling by using her special powers. The rebellion has begun.Denmark
- DirectorKaspar MunkStarsJulie Brochorst AndersenFrederikke Dahl HansenEmilie KruseLaura and Christine have been friends forever. One day they meet the mysterious and fascinating Maria, and their friendship is put to the test. For Laura it is a meeting that changes the world she thought she knew so well.Denmark
- DirectorMay el-ToukhyStarsTrine DyrholmGustav LindhMagnus KrepperA successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.Denmark
- DirectorPeter FlinthStarsLouis WilliamsHåvard JackwitzHalvor Tangen SchultzFour friends growing up in Oslo in the sixties, who occasionally think of themselves as the Fab Four. Based on the best selling book by Lars Saabye Christensen.Norway
- DirectorAlexander RøslerStarsJoakim KockLasse EdvardsenCamilla SlettenIt is the last day of school before summer vacation. The teacher can be heard telling the students about a traveler going to America. As the bell rings we see dozens of children running from the school. The camera then focuses on a group of preteen children talking amongst themselves. The scene changes and we see Trond(Øystein Offer-Olsen) and Oystein(Hans Jacob Melbye) running down a hillside and through the woods to a small lake. They talk about going swimming in the lake and one of them mentions that they do not have their swimming trunks with them. they decide to just go swimming without anything on. As one of the boys is preparing to take off his bottoms, he is startled by a cow and pulls them back up. The other boy attempts to cover his genitalia with his hands. After realizing that no one is around they jump into the lake without anything on. After swimming around in the water the boys get out and sit down on a nearby log, still without any clothes on. As they are sitting on the log drying off they talk about kissing and whether or not they have kissed anyone before. One boy jokingly says that the other practices on his mother. They are seen practicing kissing by kissing themselves on the arm. As they are doing this, they imagine that they are kissing Kari(Siri Hoff) and Ase(Camilla Sletten). The scene changes and Arne(Joakim Kock) is seen holding a stopwatch while his father(Thomas Bay) tries to start his car. After getting it started he drives off. The scene changes back to the lake and the boys are now kicking around a pair of underwear. They are still in the nude and numerous times we see their bare butts and genitalia. One of them says that he has to go pee so the two boys decide to have a peeing contest. Afterwards Kari and Ase spot them naked and tell them that they are childish. They continue to watch the two boys naked as they run back into the water in shock. The two girls say that they are going to tell everyone that they swam naked together. They then come out of the woods and spot the boys clothing on the ground. They take all of the clothing and toss it into a nearby tree. Afterwards they head back into the woods giggling and telling the boys to come and get it.. The boys decide to walk backwards to try and get to their clothes, all while trying to use their hands to cover their butts. They then realize that there is no way for them to get their clothes out of the tree without the girls seeing them. the girls continue to watch the boys as they try to get their clothes out of the tree. They are sitting there giggling the whole time. The scene changes and the father is now in his car driving down the street. As he is heading into town he spots the Miss Ida(Siri Spillum) coming out of the store. She is standing there eating a popsicle and each time we see it the camera is very close up implying that it is sexual in thought. The father, after realizing he has been spotted, speeds off down the road. As young boy is then seen holding a stopwatch timing himself while he holds his breath. The older brother then walks into the house and sits down at the dining room table. The father, after finding out that his sons hair is wet, assumes that the boy has been swimming. The boy lies to his father telling that they were looking for herring. He then tells him he got hot so he dipped his head into the stream. The younger brother knows he is lying but shuts up when his older brother holds up his fist.the scene changes to the lumberyard and the father is seen on the floor picking up lumber scraps. The boys teacher then comes into the yard and tells him that she needs lumber to make a bookshelf. During the same scene the father has a daydream about her before going and cutting the wood for her. She gives him the measurements and he proceeds to cut the lumber for her. It is obvious throughout the scene that the boys father has a crush on the teacher but nothing happens. After cutting the lumber he brings it back to her and tells her to come back if she needs anything. The scene cuts back to the boys house and they are seen playing with an rc car. There are cups with 1/4 with punch and some get knocked over by the rc car. The younger brother is seen timing him with a stopwatch. The father come home and sees the juice all over the floor. He proceeds to clean up the spilled juice but does not get mad at the children. He then tosses a rag to his son who them mops up the rest of the juice off the floor. The father is then seen fantasizing about the boys teacher again as he is preparing dinner. The scene changes and the two boys are seen running down the same hillside going down to the lake. As there are doing so, they run into Kari and Ase. They girls then ask the boys if they want to have a peeing contest and the boys tell them that they are handicapped. An obvious reference to the fact that they dont have a penis. The boys turn down the offer. The girls then offer a truce to the boys, an offer in which the agree to. The scene changes and they are now down by the lake. One of the boys wraps a towel around his waist and looks over and spots Ase without anything on. He quickly ducks when he notices she is looking in his direction. She too proceeds to put her suit back on when she realizes they can be seen. The boy then proceeds to take his bottoms off and in an effort to retrieve them without being seen by the girls accidentally loses his balance and falls over the edge of the cliff. The girls run over to see if he is okay. Ase now has her bikini back on. Ase then lifts up her top and says lets swim naked but Kari declines saying that it isnt right. Ase then removes her top completely and her nipples are revealed. She then proceeds to remove her bottoms as well but nothing is seen on camera. Kari is then seen from behind while she is untying her top but nothing is seen. The scene then changes and all four of them are now swimming in the water. Throughout the scene the children can be heard giggling while swimming in the water. Their genitals are briefly seen under the water but are obscured by the murky water in which they are swimming. A young boy and girl are then seen very closely together holding onto each other despite the fact that they are naked. Bare butts can be briefly seen but are again obscured by the murky water. As the scene progresses the young children are seen from the waist up as they are holding each others hands and singing a song. The scene changes and there are bow fully dressed again and are sitting on a hill overlooking the water. They all agree not to tell anyone that they swam without their clothes on. They daydream a bit about what it might be like when they are older. They are then seen running around chasing each other around the hillside. As they are doing so Kari stops suddenly and one of the boys runs into her knocking her down to the ground. When she gets back up there is a small scratch on her cheek and blood can be seen but it is nothing severe. She then gets mad at the boy and runs off. The scene changes to the bedroom and a boy is seen blowing up balloons. He then ties it off and sticks it to the ceiling. The father then walks in and tells the younger one to go brush his teeth. He then asks the older one about his teacher and whether or not she is single. The scene changes and we now see a group of boys standing in a circle. They are interrupted when Ase come over. After realizing that Kari is not there, one of the boys asks where she is. Ase then tells him that Kari is inside regretting her sins. Ase then joins in on the game that the boys are playing and is then seen kicking a can into the air. One of the boys goes to retrieve the can and as he does so, Ase and her boy friend are then seen heading into the woods. After heading deeper into the woods Ase asks what are we going to do? the boy suggests that they can get naked again only is she does it as well. She denies it stating that she has already seen him naked before. He then suggests that they can kiss while they are naked. An offer in which Ase agrees to as long as it stays a secret between them. Since the ground is wet they do not remove everything, just their bottoms but nothing is seen on camera. They then proceed to kiss each other and afterwards they pull they bottoms back up. The scene changes and a pregnant woman is seen walking down the road. The two brothers are then seen spying on their father from outside an open window. Karis dad is inside talking to their father and he is angry that Kari went swimming naked with his some. The scene cuts to the laundry room and the father is seen drying his clothes. His son then walks in claiming that he did not hit Kari and also that the park about him swimming naked with Kari is false and that Ase made it up. The father knows that his son is lying and then asks him if it was fun. He then starts that they have to wear their bathing trunks the next time. The scene changes to the bedroom and after his son asks him what sexually mature means, he proceeds to tell him that it means you can have children. His son now thinks that this is the reason why they cant be naked around each other anymore. He then tells his son that there is more and you cant get pregnant just by being naked. The scene changes and the father is seen driving in his car again. As he goes into town he spots the teacher going into a store and waves at her but she ignores him. Later on he finds a note on his car from the teacher telling him that she finished the bookshelf and that he should come over to check it out. He goes over to the house but rings the wrong doorbell by accident and an older man walks out and directs him to use a different entrance to see her. The scene changes and the two brothers are playing in a mud puddle. Kari shows up and sees them playing in the mud puddle. She tells the older boy that he is childish and that she is no longer allowed to see him anymore. They boy tells her not to listen to her father. She then tells him that it was her mother who told her that, not her father. They boy then gets mad at her and shoves her to the ground. He then asks her to be his girlfriend. She says nothing and just runs off. His younger brother then calls her a bitch as she is walking away. The older brother gets angry at him and goes to push him down but slips in the mud. His younger brother slips as well and they both just laugh it off. The scene changes back to the teachers home and the father is seen with a towel in his hair. The teacher then proceeds to ask him what he thinks of her bookshelf. He then notices a bunch of nude art on her wall. The two continue to talk and he invites her to go fishing with him and his sons. He then has another fantasy about her but in this one they actually kiss but nothing is seen on camera. The scene changes and the two sons are seen sitting by the dryer with a stopwatch. The father comes home and sees them and assumes that they have washed their own clothes. It wasnt clothes that were in the dryer, but potatoes. He then tells his son that he invited his teacher to go fishing with them. his son then gets mad at him for inviting her. The scene changes and they are all fishing on the edge of the lake. After catching a few fish his father tells him to go get his brother while he and his teacher go home and grill the fish. As the boy is walking down the road he spots Kari leaning up against a tree. He walks over to her and asks for some of the candy that she is eating. She denies to give him any. He then tells her that they have company and that shes never going to believe who it is. She says it was just a red head. He tells her it was their teacher but she doesnt believe it. They make a bet on it and are then seen heading over to his house. They are then seen spying on his father from outside an open window. After realizing that he was telling the truth she offers him some of the candy she was eating. Afterwards he again asks her to be his girlfriend. She agrees and they share a kiss between each other. They are then spotted by his younger brother and then again by his own father and teacher. His father and teacher share a kiss between each other while the younger brother and his friend watch the whole thing. (END OF MOVIE)Norway
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