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My Life as a Dog is a suédois film of genre Drama directed by Lasse Hallström released in USA on 1 may 1987 with Anki Lidén

My Life as a Dog (1985)

Mitt liv som hund

My Life as a Dog
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Released in USA 1 may 1987
Length 1h41
Directed by
OriginSuede
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating75% 3.7971653.7971653.7971653.7971653.797165

My Life as a Dog (Swedish: Mitt liv som hund) is a 1985 Swedish drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. It is based on the second novel of a semi-autobiographical trilogy by Reidar Jönsson. It tells the story of Ingemar, a young boy sent to live with relatives. The cast includes Anton Glanzelius, Melinda Kinnaman and Tomas von Brömssen.

Synopsis

The action takes place in the years 1958-1959 in Sweden. Troubled 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) gets into all sorts of trouble, which drives his mother (Anki Lidén) crazy; Ingemar does not know that his mother is in fact terminally ill. When he and his older brother become too much for her, they are split up and sent to live with relatives. Ingemar ends up with his maternal uncle Gunnar (von Brömssen) and his wife Ulla (Kicki Rundgren) in a small rural town in Småland. Gunnar and Ingemar bond over Povel Ramel's recording of "Far, jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt".

Actors

Anki Lidén

(Ingemar's mother)Tomas von Brömssen

(Ingemar's Uncle Gunnar)Melinda Kinnaman

(Saga)Lennart Hjulström

(The Artist)Ing-Marie Carlsson

(Berit)
And :
Leif Erickson
Johan Widerberg
Reidar Jönsson
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