Is the erection real?

Theoretically, I don't doubt any of your statements at all. Theoretically.

However, has in reality recently been made any movie that can be compared to "Barnens ö"? And I don't mean just this one particular scene. I don't need you to name the movie(s), I just ask when was the last time (if ever) that a movie like this has been produced, released, shown in USA.

I don't doubt that many American wouldn't mind it. But because of the rest the producers wouldn't risk. It is not only that the movie might not bring money (because many theaters would refuse to show it and many stores wouldn't dare to put it on shelves) but most likely the producers, authors, actors, parents etc would face countless court processes. And though I believe (according to the image I have about USA) that finally the verdicts would be in their favor, I don't think there are masochists who would want to go through it.

Unfortunately it is not the Supreme Court that decides these matters, it is the film rating board. Recently a documentary movie about Bullying was rated "R" (Restricted) because a couple of the kids in the movie said *beep* a couple of times in the course of their natural daily language. A majority of time, an "R" rating is death to a commercial movie.

As to the lewd, lascivious, prurient aspect, it is a young boy engaged in sexual activity. That pretty much seals it. While it may be legal in the USA as 'artistic expression', that doesn't mean the local police could not arrest you and drag you into court calling it Child Pornography.

America gets far too hysterical over these things. It is not wrong to suggest that America is to uptight about nudity. In Europe they see more nudity nightly on television than we see in the USA in "R"-Rated movies.

This film could be made, but it could never be shown in the USA in commerial theaters, and they would probably have trouble showing it in a Independent film theater.

By the way, in Sweden, based on another discussion on this movie at IMDB, it was rated for age 11 and above. In Finland, it was K-14 meaning age 14 and above can watch, and if I understand correctly, age 7 to 13 can watch if accompanied by an adult.

In Sweden, and else where in Scandinavia, based on the same parallel discussion, the movie is routinely available at the local Library in the kids movie section.

In the USA, the hysterical religious right wold be calling for blood if such a movie were made available to anyone.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080419/board/thread/20703553?d=83532775&p=1#83532775

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080419/board/thread/20703553?d=126966898&p=1#126966898

You are in serious denial of you think this film could be made in the United States
NO WAY!
I love my country, don't get me wrong, but let's face it we ARE very uptight. We don't care if our kids see horror movies where limbs are cut off or where women are treated as objects. And we don't care that our kids are playing video games where they shoot cops in the head point blank. BUT we have to protect our kids from seeing a woman's bare breast! Oh nooo that would be bad.
The human body? = BAD
Bloody violence? = OKAY
And you're also kidding yourself if you think this film would be completely legal in the U.S. There are news stories everyday about men being arrested for possession of naturist materials. Videos that show children nude. Happens all the time.
And if a director here in the U.S. Told the studio that he was going to have a scene in his film where an 11-year-old boy was going to show his naked erect penis..?! Well it would never be allowed! You wouldn't even find a young American actor to do it.

Do you remember how crazy everyone was here in the U.S. When they were making the movie Birth?
Nicole Kidman plays a widow who meets an 11 year old boy who claims to be her dead husband reincarnated. There is scene where she takes a bath with the boy. The boy is not shown nude and neither is Kidman. He simply gets into the tub with her and they stare at each other. End of scene. NOTHING happens. But people were up in arms about it!
Of course no one is saying that ALL Americans are uptight. But as a whole? Yes we are.