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Once in a Lifetime
Quick Facts
DirectorSusanne Bier
Runtime1h 48m · 18+
GenresComedy · Drama
Release2000-11-10
Film

Once in a Lifetime

2000· 18+· 1h 48m· Comedy· Drama

Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in 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. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's 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.

2000-11-10
Once in a Lifetime

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Key Crew
DirectorSusanne Bier
ScreenplayJonas Gardell
Director of PhotographyMorten Søborg
Original Music ComposerJesper Winge Leisner
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 18 crew)

Details

Released2000-11-10
Runtime1h 48m · 18+
StatusReleased
StudiosSVT · Nordisk Film Sweden · Sonet Film
LanguagesSwedish
CountriesSweden · Denmark
Rating4.4/10 · 30 votes
Original languagesv

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