Mona Bergström is a sweet euro-vision-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to a lazy husband and have 4 children, all named after her favorite Swedish euro-vision pop stars. Her ...
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| Helena Bergström | ... | Mona | |
| Jonas Karlsson | ... | David | |
| Thomas Hanzon | ... | Bosse | |
| Björn Kjellman | ... | Candy Darling | |
| Johan Ulveson | ... | Producer | |
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Regina Lund | ... | Sabina |
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Lisa Olsen | ... | Kikki |
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Jessica Andersson | ... | Carola |
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Amanda Rasmuson | ... | Lena Ph |
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Sandra Kassman | ... | Anna Book |
| Katarina Ewerlöf | ... | Studio Hostess | |
| Sissela Kyle | ... | Employment Agency Worker | |
| Leif Andrée | ... | Man in the Subway Speaking with Mona | |
| Ia Langhammer | ... | Waitress | |
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Jessica Zandén | ... | Mother at Cafeteria |
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Mona Bergström is a sweet euro-vision-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to a lazy husband and have 4 children, all named after her favorite Swedish euro-vision pop stars. Her brother is a cross-dressing guy self-titled "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 vice 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. Written by Opera_of_Death
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Bosse: I don't know right now.
Lena Ph: I miss mum!
Anna Book: Me too.
Kikki: When is she coming home?
Bosse: I told you I don't know...
Anna Book: [shouts] I wanna see mum....
[all others join]
Bosse: [shouts back] Oh stop it! Do you wanna se mum, huh?
Anna Book: [together with other girls] Mhm
[...]
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Written by Jesper Winge Leisner
Performed by Carola Häggkvist
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Carola Häggkvist, Lena Philipsson, Jean-Pierre Barda and other celebrities all appear as themselves. See more »Quotes
Kikki: When is mum coming home?Bosse: I don't know right now.
Lena Ph: I miss mum!
Anna Book: Me too.
Kikki: When is she coming home?
Bosse: I told you I don't know...
Anna Book: [shouts] I wanna see mum....
[all others join]
Bosse: [shouts back] Oh stop it! Do you wanna se mum, huh?
Anna Book: [together with other girls] Mhm
[...]
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If Life Was a SongWritten by Jesper Winge Leisner
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This (Swedish) movie is the worst thing I have ever seen from Danish Susanne Bier's hand. This is too bad. Susanne Bier has made so fine movies as "Freud flyttar hemifrån..." (1991), "Brev til Jonas" (1992), "Det bli'r i familien" (1994), "Sekten" (1997) and the beautiful "Den Eneste Ene" (1999). After this one she made "Brødre" (2004) and the Oscar-nominated "Efter brylluppet" (2006). This script stinks. Not her fault altogether, as the script is by Jonas Gardell. But the fine, fine actors make some of the story believable. Most of all Helena Bergström as Mona, and Jonas Karlsson as David, and that may be a credit to the director, too.