My Life as a Dog

My Life as a Dog

1985 · 102 min · SV · 7.2 (229 votes)
Dir. Lasse Hallström · Starring Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren, Lennart Hjulström · Music Björn Isfält

It could have been worse. I've actually been lucky. If you compare...

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A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

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A tender, often humorous, look at childhood loneliness and resilience. It feels like a warm, faded photograph, capturing the bittersweet pangs of growing up and finding your place in the world, even when you feel like an outsider.

melancholicwistfulcharmingbittersweetnostalgicsteadyEuropean arthousecharacter-drivenperiod pieceslice-of-lifechildhoodlonelinessfamilyfinding oneself
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