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Once in a Lifetime

2000 · 1h 48m · Comedy, Drama

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.

Cast

• Helena Bergström as Mona Berglund
• Jonas Karlsson as David Vogel
• Thomas Hanzon as Bosse Berglund
• Björn Kjellman as "Candy Darling", Kenny
• Johan Ulveson as Leif
• Regina Lund as Sabina
• Lisa Olsen as Kikki
• Jessica Andersson as Carola
• Amanda Rasmusson as Lena PH
• Sandra Kassman as Anna Book
• Katarina Ewerlöf as Moa Rehnkvist, Studio Hostess
• Sissela Kyle as Employment Agency Worker

Details

Director

Susanne Bier

Released

November 10, 2000

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Studio

SVT, Nordisk Film Sweden and Sonet Film

Status

Released

TMDB score

4.5 / 10 from 31 votes