My Life as a Dog
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.
Cast
Anton Glanzelius
as Ingemar Johansson
Tomas von Brömssen
as Ingemar's Uncle Gunnar
Anki Lidén
as Ingemar's Mother
Melinda Kinnaman
as Saga
Kicki Rundgren
as Gunnar's Wife Ulla
Lennart Hjulström
as The Artist
Ing-Marie Carlsson
as Berit
Leif Ericson
as Uncle Sandberg
Christina Carlwind
as Mrs. Sandberg
Ralph Carlsson
as Harry
Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
**An exceptionally well-made film about an ordinary boy experiencing things common to almost all boys his age.** I don't have much experience with Swedish cinema, but what I saw already showed me that it is quality cinema, so it was with some curiosity that I sat down for another film. It centers...
Harry_Gill
The film's title translates a Swedish idiom for rotten luck. That tells you everything about how 12-year-old Ingemar processes the world. He doesn't get angry. He doesn't break down. He finds worse situations and measures himself against them. The dog he keeps returning to is Laika, the Soviet sp...
