▁ ▁Although ▁Sy tt en ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁main stream ▁films ▁in ▁Den mark ▁dealing ▁with ▁explicit ▁n ud ity ▁and ▁sex ▁( al ong ▁with ▁ ▁and ▁I , ▁a ▁Woman ), ▁the ▁film ▁prov oked ▁little ▁controvers y ▁within ▁the ▁country . ▁It ▁had ▁been ▁more ▁than ▁ten ▁years ▁since ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁public ▁was ▁ind ign ant ▁over ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁So ya ' s ▁novel ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁controvers ial ▁nov els ▁by ▁Henry ▁Miller ▁and ▁Ag nar ▁My k le . ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Dan ish ▁att itudes ▁had ▁changed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁state ▁pro sec utor ▁had ▁brought ▁a ▁pro ▁forma ▁obsc en ity ▁case ▁against ▁the ▁publish ers ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁translation ▁of ▁F anny ▁Hill ▁which ▁ended ▁in ▁acqu itt al . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁Den mark ' s ▁laws ▁against ▁por n ographic ▁literature ▁were ▁repe aled , ▁and , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁p ict orial ▁por n ography ▁was ▁also ▁dec riminal ized . ▁ ▁Re action ▁outside ▁of ▁Den mark ▁was ▁different ▁and ▁view ings ▁were ▁limited . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁the ▁British ▁Board ▁of ▁Film ▁C ens ors ▁( BB FC ) ▁refused ▁to ▁cert ify ▁Sy tt en ▁for ▁view ing ▁in ▁standard ▁cin emas . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁final ▁decision ▁is ▁always ▁left ▁to ▁individual ▁local ▁authorities ▁( which ▁normally ▁follow ▁the ▁BB FC ' s ▁dec isions