Young Danish teens feeling out the world in the post-hippie era

BeneCumb

Du er ikke alene has been too much advertised as a young gay film, but, in fact, we can see a warm and often funny depiction of life in a boarding school in the 1970ies, complemented with suitable music, realistic scenes and events (contrary to that the puritans think, for most people "adult" life begins before obtaining voting right), and pleasant, knowing approach. Child actors are credible and often in bold scenes, and Ove Sprogøe was one of the finest Danish actors anyway...

Although all this is ahead of my time, I am younger than those boys were in 1978, it is like a trip to history not long time ago, but seeming so far, prevailed by thick hairstyle, angular cars, and specific clothing which I have always found ugly :) Nevertheless, I am sure that open-minded people would appreciate the strengths of the film in question at present as well.

score 8/10

BeneCumb 18 June 2015

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3260471/