
Chocolat(2000)
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.


“It could have been worse. I've actually been lucky. If you compare...”
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.

Anton Glanzelius
Ingemar Johansson

Tomas von Brömssen
Ingemar's Uncle Gunnar

Anki Lidén
Ingemar's Mother

Melinda Kinnaman
Saga
Kicki Rundgren
Gunnar's Wife Ulla

Lennart Hjulström
The Artist

Ing-Marie Carlsson
Berit
Leif Ericson
Uncle Sandberg

Christina Carlwind
Mrs. Sandberg

Ralph Carlsson
Harry
My Life as a Dog is a drama, comedy film released in 1985 exploring themes of underdog, based on novel or book, sweden, uncle, loneliness, rural area. Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén. 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.
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