YouAreNotAlone(DanishDuerikkealene)(1978)isaDanishcoming-of-agefilmwrittenbyLasseNielsenandBentPetersen,directedbyLasseNielsenandErnstJohansenandproducedbySteenHerdel. SetinaDanishall-boysboardingschoolwhereoneoftheboys,Bo(AndersAgensø)developsaspecialrelationshipwiththeheadmaster'syoungsonKim(PeterBjerg).Inthebeginningofthefilmtheheadmasteristryingtogetfundingforanewgymfortheschool.TheboardingschoolislikelyaChristianone,astheyhaveschoolprayerandtheteacherskeepreferringtogoodChristianmorals.ThisisafilmnotjustaboutBo,Kim,andtheirgrowingrelationship,itisatruecoming-of-agestory.Thefilmmakerscaptureperfectlybuddingsexualityandinter-personalrelationships,includingtheyoungwomenwhoworkinthecafeteriaanastygangofolderteens.Inanotherplotline,atroubledstudentisexpelledfordisplayingpornographicposters,andsomeofthestudentsdecidetoprotestthisbywalking-outofclasses,theboyiseventuallyallowedtoreturntoschoolsothathemaygraduate.Attheyear-endgraduationceremony,the
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