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SWEDEN · 1985

My Life as a Dog

Lasse Hallström
coming of age poverty and hardship displacement and belonging childhood resilience social comparison
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Synopsis

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.

Year1985
CountrySweden
DirectorLasse Hallström
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