26-Nov

My Life as a Dog

Starring: Anton Glanzelius, Manfred Serner, Anki Liden, Melanie Kinnaman, Tomas von Bromssen, Kicki Rundgren, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Lennart Hjulstrom, Leif Erikson, Christina Carlwind, Ralph Carlsson

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Certificate: (PG) Genres: Foreign Languages: Swedish

Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy (Anton Glanzelius) is sent to stay with an aunt and uncle in the country when his mother becomes ill. As he learns, with the help of the locals, to cope with her illness and his own propensity for mischief, he compares himself to Leika, the Russian dog shot into space. The novel on which the film is based is largely autobiographical.

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