My Life as a Dog
Mitt liv som hund
“ It could have been worse. I've actually been lucky. If you compare... ”
CINEMA1985-12-12
DIGITAL2021-08-26
RegionSE
Runtime101 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
DIRECTOR / Director
Lasse Hallström
KEYWORDS
underdogbased on novel or bookswedenunclelonelinessrural areadogtranssexualtomboy1950sboxing
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