My Life as a Comedian (2019)
Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.
Director:
Rojda Sekersöz
Writer:
Jonas Gardell
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Johan Rheborg as Juha |
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Fredrik Hallgren as Bengt |
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Jakob Eklund as Stefan |
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Anna Bjelkerud as Jenny's mom |
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Arvin Kananian as Mover |
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Ulla Skoog as Physical Education teacher |
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Leif Edlund as Neighbor |
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Maria Sid as Ritva |
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Cilla Thorell as Marianne |
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Iman Mirbioki as Opening night visitor |
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Ulf Rönnerstrand as Handicrafts teacher |
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Gizem Erdogan as Stage technician |
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Loke Hellberg as Young Juha |
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Klara Zimmergren as Teacher |
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Claudio Salgado as Light technician |
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Pär Brundin as Håkan |
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Adriana Billow as Li |
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Alexander Johansson as Young Stefan |
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Elisabet Xie as Jenny |
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Olle Frelin as Lennart |
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Jan Hermfelt as Jenny's dad |
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Kerstin Gandler as Thomas mom |
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Teo Dellback as Thomas |
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Annie Jägerholm as Pia |
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Josephine Fridell as Marianne |
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Hannes Jernberg as Simon |
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Villiam Hellman as Erik |
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Rebecca Winsnes as Eva-Lena |
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Allan Antilla as Sound technician |
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Lennart Eriksson as Stickan |
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Kristina Issa as Mom in playground |
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Ylva Olaison as Stefan's mom |
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Nathan Clark as Roy |
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Tuva Brandberg as Charlotte |
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Ayda Erekin as Kid in playground |
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Jonathan Wiking as Audience member (uncredited) |
| Writing | Jonas Gardell | Screenplay |
| Directing | Rojda Sekersöz | Director |
| Editing | Fredrik Morheden | Editor |
| Camera | Erik Molberg Hansen | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jonas Gardell | Novel |
| Sound | Gert Janssen | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Mattias Morheden | Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Wall | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Teresa Beale | Production Design |
| Art | Lisa Öman | Art Direction |
| Production | Lotta Forsblad | Casting |
| Production | Martin Persson | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kicki Ilander | Costume Design |
| Sound | Stefan Larsson | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Suzanne Glansborg | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jenny Stjernströmer-Björk | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anna Croneman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Peter Possne | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Wlodek Morawski | Boom Operator |
| Production | Gladys Brookfield-Hampson | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Christian Holm | Sound Designer |
| Production | Mats Alders | Executive Producer |
| Production | Miira Paasilinna | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mia Welin | Line Producer |