Livet är en schlager (2000)

Comedy

Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to a lazy husband and have 4 children, all named after her favorite Swedish eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy selftitled "Candy Darling". Mona works on 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. Davids parents has abandoned him as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in Davids heart, and vica versa. Davids 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.

Updated May 10 2020

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US -

2000-11-11

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Keywords:

aids mentally disabled brother sister relationship aspiring singer transvestite personal assistant cerebral palsy song contest melodifestivalen woman director

FACTS

Runtime: 108 mins Rating: 3.9

Cast

Björn Kjellman

"Candy Darling", Kenny

Göran Forsmark

Tomas Torp

Helena Bergström

Mona Berglund

Jonas Karlsson

David Vogel

Sissela Kyle

Arbetsförmedlare

Johan Ulveson

Leif

Leif Andrée

Låtkompositör i T-banan

Katarina Ewerlöf

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