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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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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Carola: Did you write it?
Mona: Well what do you think?
Candy Darling: It's just made to be a hit! It's fantastic! Send it somewhere, send it to Melodifestivalen, they're just looking for songs!
Bosse: But to Melodifestivalen, come on! You're not serious!
Mona: Exactly! And what a lyrics, I had an F in Swedish in school by the way.
Candy Darling: Send it I said! But only if I make a dress.
Mona: Of course you make it.
Candy Darling: Oooohhhh, awesome! A lot of glitter, a lot of legs a lot of everything!
Bosse: Well you can't ...
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Written by Jörgen Elofsson & Kaya
Performed by Tine Bjerregaard
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Carola Häggkvist, Lena Philipsson, Jean-Pierre Barda and other celebrities all appear as themselves. See more »Quotes
Mona: [sings the song, Candy Darling has tears in his eyes]Carola: Did you write it?
Mona: Well what do you think?
Candy Darling: It's just made to be a hit! It's fantastic! Send it somewhere, send it to Melodifestivalen, they're just looking for songs!
Bosse: But to Melodifestivalen, come on! You're not serious!
Mona: Exactly! And what a lyrics, I had an F in Swedish in school by the way.
Candy Darling: Send it I said! But only if I make a dress.
Mona: Of course you make it.
Candy Darling: Oooohhhh, awesome! A lot of glitter, a lot of legs a lot of everything!
Bosse: Well you can't ...
[...]
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Right Here, Right NowWritten by Jörgen Elofsson & Kaya
Performed by Tine Bjerregaard
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OK, this movie is the greatest! It's an optimistic movie about a couple of Swedish folks who are totally unfortunate. One day they get a one-time chance to improve their lives and they take it! Mona, a nurse and amateur-singer who lives in Sweden with her family (sick brother, 3 girls and a husband) get the opportunity to participate in a famous Swedish song contest - Melodifestivalen. But Mona has many unsolved issues to deal with if she wants to win the contest. Except her pessimistic family, the writer of the song she submit, a patient she takes care of in the hospital, is totally against any publishment of his song. Will it stop Mona? See for yourself. In this movie many famous Swedish artists appear as guest stars - Carola, Lena Philipsson, Lasse Holm and many more... A very exciting movie - for romantic & comedic fans from all over the world.
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