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Once in a Lifetime

2000 • 1h48m Comedy, Drama

Rating

4.3/10

Popularity

0

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.

Details

Director

Susanne Bier

Screenplay

Jonas Gardell

Cast

Helena Bergström

Jonas Karlsson

Thomas Hanzon

Release date

11/10/2000

Status

Released

Origin country

DK

SE

Vote count

27