Bitter Sweetheart

Running time: 90 mins

Lina has everything a 15 -year-old would want and one thing she doesn?t?her virginity.

Poor Lina. About to graduate from junior high and she?s never had . . . you know. Her expectations about sex are a bit skewed. When her friends set her up with high school hunk, Danne, it looks like her worries are over. Sadly, Danne turns out to be as sexually sophisticated as a . . . high school kid.

Lina?s story becomes further complicated when Lina realizes she?s developed a crush on ? yecch! ? a seventh-grader!! She can?t let her friends in on her secret: immature peer pressure. She can?t let the seventh-grader in on it either: too embarrassing.

This is a delightful comedy with a serious message giving insight to the trials and tribulations of today?s adolescents. Will Lina do the deed with Danne? Will she divulge her forbidden passion? Was George Bernard Shaw right about youth being wasted on the young?

Ellis Levinson

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Hella Joof
Cinematography:
Sebastian Winterø
Cast:
Mylain Hedreul, Viktor Axelsson, Lovisa Onnermark, Alice Kastrup Möller, Rickard Roxvall
Editor:
Chathrine Ambus
Producer:
Ulf Synnerholm
Language:
Swedish w/ with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy