''Friends Forever'' (, 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

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, and

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and garnered the 1988 ''Audience Award'' at the

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. The film was successfully shown at the 2005

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Gay and Lesbian Film Festival by its Danish distributor, Nordisk. Henszelman lived to direct one more film, ''Dagens Donna'' (1990). He died of

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on October 2, 1991, aged 31.

Plot

Teenager Kristian Malmquist moves to a new neighborhood and makes friends with two boys in his new school: Henrik, an independent loner, and Patrick, leader of a gang. Later on, Kristian is startled to find Patrick is having an affair with the captain of a soccer team and this leads him to explore his own feelings.

Cast

* Rita Angela as Rektor Kallenbach * Carsten Morch as Dan Carstensen * Lars Kylmann Jacobsen as Anders * Trine Torp Hansen as Berit * Thomas Sigsgaard as Patrick * Christine Skou as Sophie * Claus Bender Mortensen as Kristian *

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as Mads * Mika Heilmann as Medlem af band * Thomas Elholm as Henrik Unnamed; * Lilla Nielsen * Rasmus Bay Barlby * Christian Kamienski * Claus Steenstrup Nielsen * Christian Adam Garnov

References

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*Murray, Raymond: ''Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video''. N.Y., TLA Publications, 1994

External links

* 1987 films Danish coming-of-age drama films 1987 drama films 1987 LGBTQ-related films 1980s Danish-language films Danish LGBTQ-related films 1980s LGBTQ-related drama films 1980s coming-of-age drama films {{1980s-Denmark-film-stub