Set in a Danish all-boys boarding school, one of the boys, Bo (Anders Agensø), develops a special relationship with the headmaster's young son, Kim (Peter Bjerg).

At the year-end graduation ceremony, the boys present to the entire school and their families a short film they have made, based on the commandment "Love thy neighbour".

The film is controversial, particularly in the United States, not only for its subject matter of an adolescent same-sex romance, but also for its scene that shows the young lead actors – Agensø was 16 and Bjerg was 12 – in full frontal nudity, taking a shower together and sharing a swift hug.

[1] In 2018,[2] likely as a result of the MeToo movement,[3] six male and sixteen female former child actors accused the two directors of sexual abuse during the production of You Are Not Alone and other films.

[2] The accusations were covered widely in Danish media, and Ernst Johansen admitted to sex with under-age female actors, but claims not to have been aware of the age of consent (15 years in Denmark), and that the girls made a pass at him first.