Once in a Lifetime

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Once in a Lifetime (2000)

Directed by Susanne Bier

Comedy, Drama · 1h 48m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Susanne Bier
Screenplay
Jonas Gardell
Director of Photography
Morten Søborg
Original Music Composer
Knut Haavik, Joakim Pedersen, Jesper Winge Leisner
Editor
Pernille Bech Christensen, Mogens Hagedorn
Producer
Thomas Heinesen

Details

Original title
Livet är en schlager
Release date
2000-11-10
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
SV
Spoken languages
Swedish
Countries
Sweden, Denmark
Production
SVT, Nordisk Film Sweden, Sonet Film, TV 2