Sweden's submission that year for the Best Foreign Language Film category. To be eligible for submission, it had to change its original title "Fucking Amal". (It was not selected.)
Although set in the Swedish town Åmål, not a single scene was actually shot there. All exteriors were filmed in Trollhättan, almost 100 miles away.
The bathroom where Johan and Elin meet during the party was so small the bath tub had to be taken out in order to make room for camera, sound man, and the director.
The picture of a hand that is on the outside of Agnes's door is in fact a picture of Rebecka Liljeberg's hand, taken when she was a child.
According to Lena Katina, producer Ivan Shapovalov was inspired to create her famous, controversial pop duo t.A.T.u. after the release of this film. He actually had the young singers watching the movie to inspire their performance on stage. t.A.T.u. has a single titled "Show Me Love".