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My Life as a Dog

Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog)

1985

Lasse Hallström

Anton Glanzelius, Anki Lidén, Tomas Von Brömssen, Manfred Serner ...

7.1

1,873

Drama Twelve-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzlius) has a life far too complex for a kid his age. His beloved mother (Anki Liden), once soft and loving, is now an angry invalid. His older brother (Manfred Serner) torments him daily. But there must be worse things in life, and Ingemar does not hesitate to obsess over them: people meeting freak accidents, for one, and Laika, the doomed Soviet space dog, for another. There is also his own pet dog, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Glenn Heath Jr. Slant	"'My Life as a Dog' remains the best representation of Hallström’s filmmaking prowess	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"The movie has some beautifully observed moments and a generous spirit, but in the end, it's undone by its own sweetness and charm"	NEU

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