My Life as a Dog(1985)
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.
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Ingemar Johansson
Ingemar's Uncle Gunnar
Ingemar's Mother
Saga
The Artist
Berit
Mrs. Sandberg
Harry
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