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| Helena Bergström | ... | Mona | |
| Jonas Karlsson | ... | David | |
| Thomas Hanzon | ... | Bosse | |
| Björn Kjellman | ... | Candy Darling | |
| Johan Ulveson | ... | Producer | |
| 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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10 November 2000 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Mona: OK, well say what you want but don't be such a fucking snob!
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Written by Jesper Winge Leisner
Performed by Freya Clausen (as Freya)
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Carola Häggkvist, Lena Philipsson, Jean-Pierre Barda and other celebrities all appear as themselves. See more »Quotes
David: So are we gonna win this vulgar, this shitty contest for people with amazingly bad taste?Mona: OK, well say what you want but don't be such a fucking snob!
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GirlthingWritten by Jesper Winge Leisner
Performed by Freya Clausen (as Freya)
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As a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest I knew I had to see this movie the moment I saw the trailer. It revolves around Mona, a not very glamorous woman, working with the handicapped David. Mona, played by the multi-talented Helena Bergström, is also a huge fan of the ESC and has named her four daughters after stars from the contest. This film is a great vehicle for Bergström, whom you may know from films such as Änglegård I and II, but both Jonas Karlson as David and Björn Kjellman as Mona's brother Candy Darling, offer strong support and, at moments steel their scenes. Actually Karlson's and Kjellman's only scene together is the film's strongest point. Inevitably there is a lot of music, some a bit cheesy and bad.
This movie has several beautiful aspects, and touches many of the problems we face every day, the importance of keeping your dreams alive in order to survive, and at the end of the day: How important it is not to loose sight of your friends and family in the process!