Friends Forever (1987)
- Original title
- Venner for altid
- Directed by
- Stefan Henszelman
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two teenage boys navigate their friendship and first love in 1980s Denmark. The film follows their bond as they face school and family, and the challenges of coming out.
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What happens
Friends Forever (Danish: Venner for altid, lit. "Friends for All Time") is a Danish film produced in 1986 and released at the beginning of 1987. It was directed by Stefan Henszelman to a script by himself and Alexander Kørschen, was shown to large audiences in New York City, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco and garnered the 1988 Audience Award at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. The film was successfully shown at the 2005 Copenhagen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival by its Danish distributor, Nordisk. Henszelman lived to direct one more film, Dagens Donna (1990). He died of AIDS on October 2, 1991, aged 31. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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