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A Respectable Life

Original title: Ett anständigt liv
  • 19791979
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.2K
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A Respectable Life (1979)
  • Documentary
About a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.About a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.About a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.
IMDb RATING
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1.2K
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  • Director
    • Stefan Jarl
  • Writer
    • Stefan Jarl
  • Stars
    • Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson
    • Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson
    • Eva Blondin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Stefan Jarl
  • Writer
    • Stefan Jarl
  • Stars
    • Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson
    • Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson
    • Eva Blondin
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    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson
    Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson
    Eva Blondin
    Patric Gustafsson
    Majken Gustafsson
    Lena Löfgren
      Jan Löfgren
        Elisabeth 'Bettan' Backe
        Kenneth 'Kenta' Bergqvist
        Sven-Åke 'Skåning' Dyhlen
        Helena Höglund
        Jan 'Jajje' Klingryd
        Bo 'Bosse' Landegren
        Erik 'Jerka' Rosen
        Björn Granath
        Björn Granath
          Lis Nilheim
          Lis Nilheim
            • Director
              • Stefan Jarl
            • Writer
              • Stefan Jarl
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            • Trivia
              Several lines from the dialogue, most by Stoffe, were sampled by the Swedish Depressive Black Metal band Shining in their song "Total utfrysning" from the album VI - Klagopsalmer (2009).
            • Connections
              Featured in I Am Curious, Film (1995)
            • Soundtracks
              Tillbaka till livet
              Performed by Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson (as 'Kenta') and Eva Blondin (as Eva Gustafsson)

            User reviews3

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            10/10
            Great!
            This movie was rated 8th in a ballot of the best Swedish films ever made, and I can understand it. Although nowadays a little aged, the intensity and nearness to the ones involved is universal and panchronical. The film bears a witness of how the society is unable to cope with the less well-off. The humanity is overwhelming. As assassinated Olof Palme said: "An incredibly human document". 10/10.
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            • grisell
            • Aug 12, 2002

            Details

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            • Release date
              • March 26, 1979 (Sweden)
            • Country of origin
              • Sweden
            • Language
              • Swedish
            • Also known as
              • A Decent Life
            • Filming locations
              • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
            • Production companies
              • Jarl & Lindqvist Filmproduktion
              • Stefan Jarl Filmproduktion AB
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            Technical specs

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            • Runtime
              1 hour 42 minutes
            • Color
              • Black and White
            • Sound mix
              • Mono
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.66 : 1

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