Once in a Lifetime

Released
2000
1h 48min
27 votes
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Livet är en schlager

Langue originale

SV

Langues parlées

Swedish

Production

Compagnies de production

SVT

Nordisk Film Sweden

Sonet Film

TV 2

Pays de production

Sweden

Denmark

Image d'arrière-plan 1 du film Once in a Lifetime
Image d'arrière-plan 2 du film Once in a Lifetime

Mots-clés

mentally disabledsibling relationshiptransvestismaidsaspiring singerpersonal assistantcerebral palsywoman director