DVD
My life as a dog = Mitt liv som hund
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In Swedish with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Liden, Melinda Kinnaman, Kicki Rundgren.
Publication Information
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Ingemar is a working-class 12-year old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Based on the novel by Reidar Jönsson.
Accompanying booklet contains commentary by Michael Atkinson and Kurt Vonnegut.
Special features include: "Shall we go to my or your place or each go home alone?" (1973), a 52 min. film by Lasse Hallström; an interview with Hallström; and theatrical trailer.