''A Respectable Life'' ( sv, Ett anstÃĪndigt liv) is a Swedish
documentary film
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which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 March 1979, directed by
Stefan Jarl. The film is the second of the Mods Trilogy by Jarl. At the
15th Guldbagge Awards
The 15th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1978 and 1979, and took place on 24 September 1979. '' A Respectable Life'' directed by Stefan Jarl was presented with the award for ...
the film won the awards for
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and
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.
It was also selected as the Swedish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
52nd Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Synopsis
A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, ''
Dom kallar oss mods'', has disappeared. Kenta is an
alcoholic
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and lives with his girlfriend, Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for
manslaughter and Kenta goes to Hinseberg prison to greet her.
Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out of their home when she gets enough of his
abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.
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1979 films
1979 documentary films
Swedish documentary films
1970s Swedish-language films
Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
Films whose director won the Best Director Guldbagge Award
Swedish sequel films
Documentary films about drug addiction
Films directed by Stefan Jarl
1970s Swedish films
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