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Livet är en schlager

  • 20002000
  • 1h 48m
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Livet är en schlager (2000)
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Mona Bergström is a sweet Melodifestivalen-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to an unemployed man and they have 4 daughters, all named after her favorite Swedish Melodifestivalen po... Read allMona Bergström is a sweet Melodifestivalen-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to an unemployed man and they have 4 daughters, all named after her favorite Swedish Melodifestivalen popstars. Her sister is a trans woman with AIDS self-titled "Candy". Mona works on a retirem... Read allMona Bergström is a sweet Melodifestivalen-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to an unemployed man and they have 4 daughters, all named after her favorite Swedish Melodifestivalen popstars. Her sister is a trans woman with AIDS self-titled "Candy". Mona works on a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man name... Read all
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POPULARITY
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    • Director
      • Susanne Bier
    • Writer
      • Jonas Gardell
    • Stars
      • Helena Bergström
      • Jonas Karlsson
      • Thomas Hanzon
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Susanne Bier
    • Writer
      • Jonas Gardell
    • Stars
      • Helena Bergström
      • Jonas Karlsson
      • Thomas Hanzon
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    Helena Bergström
    Helena Bergström
    • Mona
    Jonas Karlsson
    Jonas Karlsson
    • David
    Thomas Hanzon
    Thomas Hanzon
    • Bosse
    Björn Kjellman
    Björn Kjellman
    • Candy Darling
    Johan Ulveson
    Johan Ulveson
    • Producer
    Regina Lund
    Regina Lund
    • Sabina
    Lisa Olsen
    • Kikki
    Jessica Andersson
    • Carola
    Amanda Rasmuson
    • Lena Ph
    Sandra Kassman
    • Anna Book
    Katarina Ewerlöf
    Katarina Ewerlöf
    • Studio Hostess
    Sissela Kyle
    Sissela Kyle
    • Employment Agency Worker
    Leif Andrée
    Leif Andrée
    • Man in the Subway Speaking with Mona
    Ia Langhammer
    Ia Langhammer
    • Waitress
    Jessica Zandén
    • Mother at Cafeteria
    Robin Hellström
    • Boy at Cafe
    Pia Johansson
    Pia Johansson
    • Pirjo
    Göran Forsmark
    Göran Forsmark
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    • Director
      • Susanne Bier
    • Writer
      • Jonas Gardell
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      Carola Häggkvist, Lena Philipsson, Jean-Pierre Barda and other celebrities all appear as themselves.
    • Quotes

      Mona: I'll go to bed now.

      Bosse: [keeps looking at the television]

      Mona: I'll go to bed now.

      Bosse: [still looking at TV]

      Mona: What if I go and cut my throat?

      Bosse: [laughs silently at the TV]

      Mona: Well, good night anyway!

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    9/10
    A warm and fragile down to earth comedy, that you can't help but love.
    Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to a lazy husband and have 4 children, all named after her favorite Swedish eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy selftitled "Candy Darling". Mona works on a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. Davids parents has abandoned him as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in Davids heart, and vica versa. Davids goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him. One day when Mona is seeing David, she listens to one of Davids songs. Surprised by the great melody, she *steals* a copy and brings it home, where she writes lyrics for it. Being satisfied with the result, she records her voice along with the song and send it to "Melodi Festivalen", the Swedish preliminaries for Eurovision Song Contest, hoping she could archieve the fame she had dreamed about many times. Weeks later she gets a call from Swedish television, saying her song has been approved and she will be one of the 10 performers in the Swedish eurovision preliminaries...

    I'm not spoiling anymore here.... view this movie - you have my best recommendation to do so. :)
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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2000 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • Sweden
      • Denmark
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Once in a Lifetime
    • Production companies
      • Nordisk Film
      • SVT Drama
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $108,557
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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