You Are Not Alone (film)
You Are Not Alone (Danish: Du er ikke alene) is a 1978 Danish coming-of-age film written by Lasse Nielsen and Bent Petersen, directed by Lasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen and produced by Steen Herdel.
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| Directed by | Ernst Johansen Lasse Nielsen |
| Produced by | Steen Herdel |
| Written by | Lasse Nielsen Bent Petersen |
| Starring | Anders Agensø Peter Bjerg Ove Sprogøe Elin Reimer Jan Jørgensen |
| Music by | Sebastian |
| Cinematography | Henrik Herbert |
| Edited by | Hanne Hass |
| Distributed by | Horizon Films (U.S.) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Synopsis
Set in a Danish all-boys boarding school, one of the boys, Bo (Anders Agensø), develops a special relationship with the headmaster's young son, Kim (Peter Bjerg). In the beginning of the film the headmaster is trying to get funding for a new gym for the school. The boarding school is likely a Christian one, as they have school prayer and the teachers keep referring to good Christian morals.
In another plotline, a troubled student is expelled for displaying sexually charged posters. Some of the students decide to protest this by walking-out of classes. The boy is eventually allowed to return to school so that he may graduate. At the year-end graduation ceremony, the boys present to the entire school and their families a short film they made by themselves based on the commandment "Love thy neighbour".
Cast
- Anders Agensø as Bo
- Peter Bjerg as Kim
- Ove Sprogøe as Kims father - Forstander
- Elin Reimer as Kims mother
- Jan Jørgensen as Lærer Jens Carstensen
- Jørn Faurschou as Lærervikar Andersen
- Merete Axelberg as Lærer Mortensen
- John Hahn-Petersen as Lærer Justesen
- Hugo Herrestrup as Conradsen
- Beatrice Palner as Fru Jensen
- Aske Jacoby as Aske
- Ole Meyer as Ole
Sexual abuse
In 2018 six male and sixteen female former child actors accused the two directors of sexual abuse during the production of You Are Not Alone and other films.[1] The accusations were covered widely in Danish media, and Ernst Johansen admitted to having had sex with under-age female actors, but claims to not having been aware of the age of consent (15 years in Denmark), and that the girls made a pass on him first.[2]
References
Literature
- Murray, Raymond: Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. N.Y., TLA Publications, 1994.
External links
- You Are Not Alone on IMDb
- You Are Not Alone at AllMovie
- Lasse Nielsen on his film ” You Are Not Alone “