We Are the Best!(2013)
dir. Lukas Moodysson
Three thirteen-year-olds start a punk band.
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Stockholm, 1982. Bobo and Klara are thirteen, have short haircuts, and decide that punk is the answer to everything, even though nobody believes punk is alive. They have no instruments and no talent, so they start a band anyway, and recruit a shy Christian girl, Hedvig, who can actually play guitar. Moodysson adapted it from his wife Coco Moodysson's graphic novel, based on her own teenage years. Warm, funny and fast.
Why it’s here
It's a film about starting a band because you have something to say and no skill. What's punk is its whole philosophy: do it badly, do it loud, do it now. What's pedagogical is how it shows teenagers working out friendship, faith and who they are in public. Companion to The First Rule of Punk and Punk Farm in the catalog. Note: rated R in the US for language and brief teen themes (drinking, a crush); fine for 12+ with a parent. Swedish with subtitles; Hedvig's Christianity is treated fairly.
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