Thursday, March 9, 2006

Mitt liv som hund

AKA:
My Life as a Dog (Canada: English title) (USA)

Written by:
Reidar Jönsson (novel)
Lasse Hallström

Directed by:
Lasse Hallström

Made in:
Sweden in 1985

Actors:
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
Christina Carlwind .... Fru sandberg
Ralph Carlsson .... Harry
Viveca Dahlén .... tvättande kvinna
Arnold Alfredson .... Mannes farfar
Fritz Elofsson .... Mäster
Didrik Gustavsson .... Arvidsson, dying old man befriended by Ingmar
Jan-Philip Hollström .... Manne, the boy with green hair

Plot:
Ingemar lives with his brother and his terminally ill mother. He may have a rough time, but not as bad as Laika - the russian dog sent into space... He gets sent away to stay with relations for the summer. While there, he meets various strange characters, giving him experiences that will affect him for the rest of his life. IMDB

Review:
Many people have recommended this movie, saying how wonderful it is. But Fredrik always never liked it, so I never really had a chance to see it. I think Fredrik then discovered that he never liked it because as a teenager he was forced to watch it in school, so that made him dislike it.

It was shown on TV the other day, and it was a very, very good movie.
Very moving, very emotional, and very well done.

It is a fun movie, and even though so emotional, it is very funny at times, too.

I definately recommend this one. I recommend it for anyone over 18 years, because I think you need that mentality to fully understand everything the movie represents.

A very beautiful movie.

Language is in Swedish, but I know this one is pretty popular so it shouldn't be too difficult to find a copy with subtitles or even dubbed.

No comments: