Remaining screenings: March 5, 4:30 PM (Cam 12); March 7, 2:00 PM (Cal)
It’s 1989 and Jarle has it all: he’s the singer and lead guitarist of the awesomest punk band in town, he has a beautiful girlfriend, and his best friend is the coolest guy around. Then the new kid in class, Yngve, shows up and everything starts falling apart. Jarle falls hard for Yngve and before he knows it he’s letting down everyone else in his life to spend time with this strange boy who loves synth pop and tennis and looking for animals in the clouds. There’s an odd mix of the adorable and and the serious in the film, but it works. As cute as this twist on the teen romance can be, there were serious implications to two boys falling in love in the late eighties, and “The Man Who Loved Yngve” neither shies away from them nor overplays them. This is a sweet, angsty teen romance at its heart, regardless of the genders of its heroes.