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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about My Life as a Dog |
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Ingemar, an 11-year-old Swedish boy, lives with his brother and mother, who is dying of tuberculosis. Since she is no longer able to care for them, the boys are sent to live with relatives. Ingemar goes to his uncle Gunnar's home in a small town dominated by a glass factory. The year is 1959, and the town is filled with loopy, eccentric, but basically harmless characters. One of Ingemar's new friends is Saga, an athletic tomboy, with whom he explores mild sexual curiosity. Then there's the town beauty who poses nude for a sculptor. "My Life as a Dog," a charming and playful movie that resembles Truffaut's "Small Change," was directed in 1985 by Lasse Halstrom, who later did "The Cider House Rules," "Chocolat," and "The Shipping News."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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MY LIFE AS A DOG is a movie cowritten and directed by Lasse Hallström in 1985. The picture earned a nomination for the Academy Awards in the "Best Director" and the "Best Screenplay" categories.
The young Ingemar lives with his mother, his older brother and his dog in a small town of Sweden. His father is working in Central America and has left his family under the responsibility of Ingemar's mother. But, unfortunately, she is terminally ill and must soon send her sons away in order to rest. So, one day, Ingemar arrives by train at his uncle's home, in a small village lost in the swedish forest. His uncle, a brave man, helps Ingemar to be integrated in the local community but the young boy, after his mother's death, blames himself for it and becomes taciturn.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of My Life as a Dog |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Parent(s) gone?
- Momma gone
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Scandinavian
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- Scandinavian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- moving train
- school
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Scandinavian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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