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| language = Swedish
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'''''My Life as a Dog''''' ({{lang-sv|'''Mitt liv som hund'''}}) is a Swedish [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 12 December 1985,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?itemid=14740&type=MOVIE&iv=Basic|title=Mitt liv som hund|publisher=Swedish Film Database|language=sv|date=12 December 1985|access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> directed by [[Lasse Hallström]]. It is based on the second novel of a semi-autobiographical<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Epstein |first=Robert |date=23 January 1992 |title=Reidar Jonsson: His Life as a Writer |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-23/entertainment/ca-844_1_reidar-jonsson |url-status=dead |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616031655/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-23/entertainment/ca-844_1_reidar-jonsson |archive-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> trilogy by [[Reidar Jönsson]]. It tells the coming-of-age story of Ingemar, a young boy sent to live with relatives. The cast includes [[Anton Glanzelius]], [[Melinda Kinnaman]], and [[Tomas von Brömssen]].
 
In 1987, the film was released in the United States where it became a surprise hit. The film was nominated for two [[60th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] that year in the categories of [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].
 
==Plot==
The action takes place in Sweden from 1958 to 1959.<ref>The film's plot can be dated through its references to the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 Football World Cup]] and the [[Floyd Patterson#Patterson vs. Johansson I.2C II .26 III|1959 boxing match between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson]]</ref> 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) gets into all sorts of trouble and adventures with his beloved dog. He and his older brother Erik (Manfred Serner) become too much to handle for their single mother (Anki Lidén); Ingemar does not know that his mother is in fact terminally ill. In order for their mom to get the rest and recovery she needs, the boys are split up and sent to live with relatives. Ingemar ends up with his maternal uncle Gunnar (Tomas von Brömssen) and his wife Ulla (Kicki Rundgren) in a small rural town in [[Småland]]. Ingemar is not allowed to bring his dog along with him, despite his protestations, and the dog is placed in a kennel. During Ingemar’s stay, he bonds with Gunnar over [[Povel Ramel]]'s recording of "[[I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts|Far, jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt]]".
 
In the town he encounters a variety of characters. Saga (Melinda Kinnaman), an assertive [[tomboy]] his own age, likes him, and shows it by beating him in a boxing match. Among the more eccentric residents is Fransson (Magnus Rask), a man who continually fixes the roof of his house, and Mr. Arvidsson (Didrik Gustafsson), an old man living downstairs who gets Ingemar to read to him from a lingerie catalog.
 
Later, Ingemar is reunited with his family, but his mother's health soon takes a turn for the worse and she is hospitalized. He and his brother go to stay with their uncle Sandberg (Leif Ericson) in the city, but his wife thinks the boy is mentally disturbed. After his mother passes awaydies, Ingemar is sent back to Småland.
 
Mr. Arvidsson has died in the interim; Gunnar and Ulla now share the house with a large Greek family. Gunnar welcomes him and consoles him as best he can, but the house is so crowded, he has Ingemar live with Mrs. Arvidsson in another house. Ingemar remains hopeful about being reunited with his dog and continues to ask his uncle if the dog can come stay with him. Meanwhile, Ingemar becomes the object of contention between Saga and another girl. When they start fighting over him, he grabs onto Saga's leg and starts [[Bark (utterance)|barking]] like a dog. She becomes upset by his strange behavior and gets him into the boxing ring. During the bout, out of spite, Saga tells Ingemar that his dog (which he had thought was in a kennel) was actually euthanized. This, along with his mother's death, is too much for him and he locks himself inside Gunnar's one-room "[[summer house]]" in the backyard. While secluded here, Ingemar reflects on the death of his mother, the loss of his dog and a changing world. Ingemar uses the experiences of others and of his own personal loss to reconcile a life which is sometimes tough.
 
Throughout the film, Ingemar tells himself over and over that it could have been worse, reciting several examples, such as a man who took a shortcut onto the field during a track meet and was killed by a javelin and the story of the dog [[Laika]] several times, the first creature sent into orbit by the Russians (without any way to get her back down).
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=== Release ===
The film was first released in Sweden on 12 December 1985,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 October 2011 |title=My Life as a Dog Blu-ray Review (The Criterion Collection) |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/mylifeasadog.html|url-status=live |access-date=13 November 2021 |website=DVDizzy.com}}</ref> and had its American premiere on 1 May 1987.<ref name=“box_office”"box_office"/> It became a critical and commercial success with American audiences, a rare feat for a subtitled foreign language film at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanchez |first=Rene |date=2 October 1987 |title='Life As A Dog' Star Is More Interested In Soccer Than Film |worknewspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1987-10-02/lifestyle/0150160014_1_anton-ahlin-glanzelius |url-status=dead |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224032420/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1987-10-02/lifestyle/0150160014_1_anton-ahlin-glanzelius |archive-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=My Life as a Dog |url=https://www.sfstudios100years.com/film/my-life-as-a-dog/|url-status=live |access-date=13 November 2021 |website=SF Studios 100 år |language=en-GB}}</ref> The international success of the film launched director [[Lasse Hallström]]’s Hollywood career, as he would go on to direct ''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape|What’s Eating Gilbert Grape]]'' and ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' in the following years''.''<ref name=":2" />
 
=== Critical response ===
The movie was well-received by critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 34 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site’s critical consensus reads, “ A coming-of-age story with uncommon depth and sensitivity, ''My Life as a Dog'' is sweet, sincere, and utterly charming.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=My Life as a Dog (1985)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_life_as_a_dog|url-status=live|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Desson Thomson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called the movie a “well-constructed crowd-pleaser”<ref>{{Cite webnews |last=Thomson |first=Desson |author-link=Desson Thomson |date=8 May 1987 |title=My Life as a Dog (NR) |pages=13 November 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/mylifeasadognrhowe_a0b0b3.htm|url-status=live |access-date=|website=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> and [[Molly Haskell]] of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' wrote, “This is a coming-of-age film in the fullest sense of the term: we watch Ingemar grow up before our eyes, and turn into a human being who can live with the harsh memories as well as the more lyrical ones.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haskell |first=Molly |author-link=Molly Haskell |date=June 1987 |title=A Swedish Lassie |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |url=https://archive.vogue.com/article/1987/6/movies-a-swedish-lassie |url-access=registration |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
 
[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave a more mixed review, but also said the movie “(in its funnier moments)…recalls the gravity with which [[François Truffaut|Francois Truffaut]] remembered childhood.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=1987-05-01 |title=FILM: 'MYMy LIFELife ASas Aa DOGDog,' FROMFrom Sweden SWEDEN|language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/movies/film-my-life-as-a-dog-from-sweden.html |access-date=13 November 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', [[David Denby]] wrote, the scenes of Ingemar’s mother expertly blend “intimacy with pain” and recall the work of [[Ingmar Bergman]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Denby |first=David |author-link=David Denby |date=11 May 1987 |title=A Boy's Life |volume=20 |page=70 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York ]] |issue=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> Universal acclaim went to the performance of [[Anton Glanzelius]], whom [[Hal Hinson]] described as “a pint-size [[Jack Nicholson]], with devilish eyebrows that he knows how to use”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKenna |first=Kristine |date=3 October 1987 |title=His Life From 'A Dog' To A Star |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-03/entertainment/ca-2815_1_young-boy |url-status=dead |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223230319/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-03/entertainment/ca-2815_1_young-boy |archive-date=23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hinson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Hinson |date=11 May 1987 |title='My Life as a Dog' (NR) |worknewspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/mylifeasadognrhinson_a0c973.htm |urlaccess-statusdate=live13 November 2021}}</ref>▼
 
In his book ''[[Timequake]]'', the author [[Kurt Vonnegut]] cited the film to be one of his favorites, alongside ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' and ''[[All About Eve]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vonnegut |first=Kurt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cr93q_HVXb0C&pg=PA216 |title=Timequake |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=1998|pages=216 |isbn=9780425164341 |pages=216 |author-link=Kurt Vonnegut |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>▼
▲[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave a more mixed review, but also said the movie “(in its funnier moments)…recalls the gravity with which [[François Truffaut|Francois Truffaut]] remembered childhood.”<ref>{{Cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|author-link=Vincent Canby|date=1987-05-01|title=FILM: 'MY LIFE AS A DOG,' FROM SWEDEN|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/movies/film-my-life-as-a-dog-from-sweden.html|access-date=|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', [[David Denby]] wrote, the scenes of Ingemar’s mother expertly blend “intimacy with pain” and recall the work of [[Ingmar Bergman]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Denby|first=David|author-link=David Denby|date=11 May 1987|title=A Boy's Life|volume=20|page=70|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York ]]|issue=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70}}</ref> Universal acclaim went to the performance of [[Anton Glanzelius]], whom [[Hal Hinson]] described as “a pint-size [[Jack Nicholson]], with devilish eyebrows that he knows how to use”.<ref>{{Cite news|last=McKenna|first=Kristine|date=3 October 1987|title=His Life From 'A Dog' To A Star|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-03/entertainment/ca-2815_1_young-boy|url-status=dead|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223230319/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-03/entertainment/ca-2815_1_young-boy|archive-date=23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hinson|first=Hal|author-link=Hal Hinson|date=11 May 1987|title='My Life as a Dog' (NR)|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/mylifeasadognrhinson_a0c973.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Actor [[Robert Duvall]] once referred to the film as his all-time favorite.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/262475020117?hash=item3d1cbaf755%3Ag%3A9XUAAOSwmtJXWC0r | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616192731/https://www.ebay.com/itm/262475020117?hash=item3d1cbaf755%3Ag%3A9XUAAOSwmtJXWC0r | archive-date=16 June 2022 | title=Robert Duvall Hand Signed+Filled Out 20 Questions the Godfather Jsa }}</ref>
▲In his book ''[[Timequake]]'', the author [[Kurt Vonnegut]] cited the film to be one of his favorites, alongside ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' and ''[[All About Eve]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Vonnegut|first=Kurt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cr93q_HVXb0C&pg=PA216|title=Timequake|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|year=1998|pages=216|isbn=9780425164341|author-link=Kurt Vonnegut}}</ref>
 
==Awards==
The film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]]: Best Director and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=1988 {{!}} Oscars.org |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988 |urlaccess-statusdate=live13 November 2021 |website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|date=4 December 2015 }}</ref> It won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 1988,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=My Life as a Dog {{!}} Golden Globes |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/my-life-dog |urlaccess-statusdate=live13 November 2021 |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref> as well as two [[Guldbagge Awards]], the Swedish equivalent to the [[Academy Awards]], in the categories of [[Guldbagge Award for Best Film|Best Film]] and [[Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larkin |first=Peter |date=4 May 2017 |title=The Local's Swedish film of the month: My Life as a Dog |work=[[The Local]] |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20170504/the-locals-swedish-film-of-the-month-my-life-as-a-dog/ |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1" align="center"
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! Award !! Category !! Name !! Outcome
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| rowspan="2"| [[60th Academy Awards]]<ref name=":3" />|| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || [[Lasse Hallström ]]|| {{nom}}
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| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] || Lasse Hallström, [[Reidar Jönsson]], [[Brasse Brännström]], Per Berglund || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="1"| [[41st British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 1988 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>|| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Foreign Language Film ]]|| [[Waldemar Bergendahl]], Lasse Hallström || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Bodil Awards]]<ref name=":0" />|| [[Bodil Award for Best European Film|Best European Film]]|| Lasse Hallström || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1987|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BSFC past winners - 1987 (January 10th 1988) |url=http://www.thebsfc.org/PastWin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011145714/http://www.thebsfc.org/PastWin.html |archive-date=2012-10-11 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thebsfc.org/PastWin.html}}</ref>|| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]|| || {{won}}
| rowspan="1"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]] || Best Foreign Language Film || || {{won}}
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| rowspan="1"| [[40th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards / History / 1987 |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1987.aspx?value=1987 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.dga.org}}</ref>|| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures ]]|| Lasse Hallström || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[45th Golden Globe Awards]]<ref name=":4" />|| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] || || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[21st Guldbagge Awards]]<ref name=":0" />|| [[Guldbagge Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || || {{won}}
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| [[Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]] || [[Anton Glanzelius]] || {{won}}
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| rowspan="1"| [[3rd Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Independent Spirit Awards 1988 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=Film Independent |page=53}}</ref>|| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best ForeignInternational Film|Best Foreign Film]]|| Lasse Hallström || {{won}}
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| rowspan="1"| Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People || Children's Section || Lasse Hallström || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-12-18 |title=Critics' Circle Awards |language=en |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/18/movies/critics-circle-awards.html |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>|| Best Foreign Language Film || || {{won}}
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| rowspan="1"|[[4th Robert AwardAwards|Robert Awards]] || Best Foreign Film || Lasse Hallström || {{won}}
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| rowspan="1"| [[Seattle International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Life as a Dog [Mitt liv som hund] |url=https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/10202 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=medhum.med.nyu.edu}}</ref>|| Best Film || || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[9th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist AwardAwards]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=9th Annual Youth in Film Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms9.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303080029/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms9.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=YoungArtistAwards.org}}</ref>|| Special Award - Best Family Foreign Film || || {{won}}
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| Special Award - Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film || Anton Glanzelius || {{won}}
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| Special Award - Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film || [[Melinda Kinnaman ]]|| {{won}}
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A production was said to have been in the works in the early 1990s on an [[English language]] sequel titled either ''My Life as a Dog at Sea'' or ''My Father, His Son''. In this version, Ingemar has aged four years from the days in the 1950s when his ailing mother sent him off to live with relatives in the country. At 16, he is aboard a freighter in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], searching for his sailor father, having adventures in [[North African]] ports and misadventures with young women on land and at sea. Anton Glanzelius was in talks to reprise his role and Reidar Jonsson was to return as screenwriter. Jonsson was also to have been the film's producer. The film was to have been directed by [[Graeme Clifford]]. According to Jonsson, it was to have been part of a planned trilogy.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|date=5 December 1991|title=Swedish Film 'My Life As A Dog' To Get Sequel In English|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=|access-date=}}</ref> The project was later abandoned.
 
In 2009, a sequel was again said to be in the making, with a production start date in 2010, [[Daniel Fridell]] as director, and a different actor portraying a teenaged Ingemar, but these plans also did not materialize.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rehlin |first=Gunnar |date=24 March 2009 |title=Swedish classic 'Dog' barks again |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001581.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |url-status=dead |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330064121/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001581.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |archive-date=30 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Rodrigo |date=25 March 2009 |title=There's Going To Be A 'My Life As A Dog' Sequel?? |url=https://theplaylist.net/theres-going-to-be-my-life-as-dog-20090325/|url-status=live |access-date=13 November 2021 |website=The Playlist}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Films about puberty]]
▲[[Category:1980s Swedish films]]
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