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Overview

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7.7/10   7,141 votes
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Director:
Lasse Hallström
Writers:
Reidar Jönsson (novel)
Lasse Hallström (writer) ...
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Release Date:
24 March 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Tagline:
Det kunde ha varit värre. Jag har faktiskt haft tur. Om man jämför...
Plot:
A boy and his brother don't get along well. In order to let her ill mother rest, they're separated and sent each one with their relatives. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations more
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Subtitles, what subtitles? more (48 total)

Cast

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Anton Glanzelius ... Ingemar
Tomas von Brömssen ... morbror Gunnar
Anki Lidén ... Ingemars mamma (as Anki Liden)
Melinda Kinnaman ... Saga
Kicki Rundgren ... moster Ulla
Lennart Hjulström ... konstnären
Ing-Marie Carlsson ... Berit
Leif Ericson ... farbror Sandberg (as Leif Ericsson)
Christina Carlwind ... Fru sandberg
Ralph Carlsson ... Harry
Viveca Dahlén ... tvättande kvinna
Arnold Alfredsson ... Mannes farfar (as Arnold Alfredson)
Fritz Elofsson ... Mäster
Didrik Gustavsson ... Arvidsson, dying old man befriended by Ingmar

Jan-Philip Hollström ... Manne, the boy with green hair
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My Life as a Dog (Canada: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
FilmTeknik more

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Anachronisms: Modern cars are visible during the car journey from the hospital. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Glasgow Kiss: Co-Operation (#1.2)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Far, jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Subtitles, what subtitles?, 16 October 2005
10/10
Author: greenheart from United Kingdom

I'm not a great lover of subtitled films. The highest credit I can give this, is that within 5 minutes, I'd forgotten that they were even there. You cannot take your eyes of this movie. Beautifully filmed with characters who are so real that at times, you feel like you're intruding. I felt so desperately sad for this young lad who nobody seemed to want. He was clearly deeply affected by his mothers illness and was in desperate need of some kind of counselling. Instead, he was sent to live with a relative in a small town. The people there all seemed wrapped up in their little Worlds To an outsider, they all seemed a bit dysfunctional. Sex rears it head at seemingly every turn. Whether it was the dying man wanting his underwear catalogue read to him, the factory worker admiring his co-workers 'melons', the growth of teenage breasts, the artist sculpting the deeply inappropriate image of a woman and her newborn baby...Well, everyone was at it. Does everyone really think and act like this?..Well, probably more than most people think. I really didn't want this movie to end and actually felt at the conclusion, that I would miss seeing the characters. Don't be put off by the subtitles, you won't notice them!

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