It's the 70's and Sofie Gråbøl and her boyfriend are thinking about moving into a hippie-collective somewhere in the Danish countryside. When they're on the way to the collective to see if it's something for them, they pass a nearby women's collective. They stop their truck there to say hello to a woman (Anne Brigitte Lind) who's walking alongside the road. When Lind sees Gråbøl, it is love on the first sight. She can't keep her eyes from her and Gråbøl looks a bit flattered by the attention.
Later on, when the couple finally have decided to move into the collective and are unpacking their belongings from the truck, Lind shows up. She's not very good at hiding her attraction for Gråbøl and how glad she is that she did move in. She flirts rather openly with her despite the fact that Gråbøl's boyfriend, who's not very bright though, is standing beside her. Before she leaves, she asks Gråbøl if she could put up some posters about a women's festival which is going be held over at the women's collective. The boyfriend thinks it sounds fun with a women's festival. Lind says to him though: "It's for women only.." Gråbøl looks at him with a pleased smile but he just says: "Oh..ok, how fun" He has no idea what's about to happen...that this woman will win his girlfriend's heart very soon. |
Actresses:
Sofie Gråbøl & Anne Brigitte Lind
Gråbøl and the other females in the collective have no problem adjusting to the lifestyle there but the men on the other hand have serious problems getting rid of some of the more "provocative" male behaviors. When the females find nude-magazines in the outdoor-toilet, all hell break loose! The males also think that in a collective, you should share everything, including one's partners which the females oppose against. When Gråbøl asks her boyfriend if he agrees with the other men, he can't answer her because whenever she's angry at him, he becomes very nervous. He doesn't agree with them but he just can't find the words so she thinks he does agree with them and becomes even more angry and disappointed at him.
These are a couple of the reasons Gråbøl and her boyfriend slowly begin to grow apart. Gråbøl also feels much closer to the ideals of the women's collective and she starts to visit them more and more. She regulary takes her bike to visit them during evenings to practice songs for the festival and ofcourse to meet Lind, who she has begun to like very much.
One evening, when she's about to take her bike back to the collective, Lind first hugs her and then gives her a quick lip-kiss.
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Actresses:
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The women's festival is held outside their house. No men are permitted to be there so they are all sitting in a tree some distance away looking at the festival activities.
Lind is up on the stage with a couple of other women playing a song while Gråbøl stands in the audicene. The two of them look at each other rather constantly throughout the song. Gråbøl has clearly become interrested in Lind at this point. Later Gråbøl joins them on the stage and they perform the song which they've practiced for so long. It's called "Typical Men" and the text is simply amazing! I laughed so hard when I first heard it.
Two girls in the audience can also be seen kissing each other.
Meanwhile up in the tree, one of the other men says to Gråbøl's boyfriend: "Your girlfriend seems to have a very good time over there." The boyfriend, who finally starts to realise what's about to happen, replies: "Yes, maybe too good..."
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Actresses:
Sofie Gråbøl & Anne Brigitte Lind
Some time later, Gråbøl is visiting Lind over at the women's collective and when she's about to go home, she notices that her bike has a punctured tire. It has also begun to rain heavily with occasional thunders. Lind offers to take her back home with her car instead.
When they arrive at the collective, Gråbøl steps out of the car in the pouring rain and so does Lind. They give each other a tight hug. Gråbøl ends the hug to go in but this time, Lind doesn't let her go. She kisses her lightly on the lips and Gråbøl is a bit hesitant at first but soon puts her arms around Lind again and they begin to kiss each other heavily. It's like both of them have been waiting for so long to kiss that they don't even care about the rain or that Gråbøl's boyfriend might see them.
A few days later, Gråbøl has made up her mind. She says to her boyfriend that she wants to break up. She will move into the women's collective.
At the end of the movie, you can see Gråbøl and Lind driving the wagon with Gråbøl's belongings to the other house. The now former boyfriend, actually helps her to move the things because he thinks it's just a temporary break-up. So he gets quite suprised when Lind gives him Gråbøl's keys to the hippie-collective and says to him that maybe he should stay away from Gråbøl for a while.
Just when he's about to leave, Lind says to him: "You are actually kinda nice." He thanks her and then she adds: "...for a guy that is.". He thanks her again (!!) and walks away from there.
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This wonderful Danish 55 minute TV-movie has a perfect "woman stealing unsuspecting boy's girlfriend" - plot! If you enjoy such plots, you will love this movie. The best thing about it was that it was made in such way that none of the characters involved were portrayed as the one being responsible for Gråbøl leaving her boyfriend. It was not like Lind was the evil lesbian stealing her away from him. It happened because of many various reasons but mainly because Gråbøl discovered who she really was.
I must also say that the director treated every aspect of the movie with great warmth, not judging anyone or anything. Even the hilarious "Typical Men" song was played for laughs, and not as a mockery of the women's movement.
I rated the kiss a "4", eventhough it was a very dark scene, because the kiss itself was so good and really showed how long they had been waiting to do it. |
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