IMDb
5.4 /10
3k votes


Comedy · Drama · 2000 · 1h 48min
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Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.
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Nordisk Film SwedenSonet Film
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IMDb
5.4 /10
3k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
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TMDB
4.4 /10
30 votes
Letterboxd
6.4 /10
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Weighted average
5.4/10